badly off

badly off

Without enough money to get by; poor. She was laid off from her job last year, and she has been quite badly off since then.
See also: badly, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be badly off
  • badly off for (something)
  • (I've) got to take off
  • go down badly
  • go down well, badly, etc.
  • come out badly
  • be badly turned out
  • be well, badly, etc. turned out
  • do badly by (someone)
  • be badly off for something
References in periodicals archive
Why, oh why, do you feel it necessary to give people the impression as he does that we up in the North East are so negative and badly off constantly moaning at our lot?
Don't run the region down; Views of the North
But in fact we're not as badly off as he'd like to make out.
Sir Albert playing numbers game over size of cuts; Letters
"It sounds as if he is not too badly off, and it is a good thing he has been brought over at an early stage of the infection so he can be given good, supportive care.
Ebola victim nurse will be terrified, says city doctor
Then one day he is hit by a small bird making a crash landing; she was heading for the tropics, but had flown badly off course and ended up in the Himalayas.
Shireen, Nadia: Yeti and the Bird
Walshaw put another good chance wide and at the other end Sean Williams put an angled shot narrowly wide of the far post and Cameron Darkwah set up a half chance for Hopley but he sliced his effort badly off target.
Seagulls bow out as Joyce sees red
Warne's timing was badly off back then - because within minutes of his damning critique of Cook, Stuart Broad began England's surge to victory in Durham where the hosts opened up a seriesclinching 3-0 lead, with one to play.
Cook bats off Warne's attempt at mind games
Sometimes it's good to remember you're not so badly off. Spare a thought for commuters in Beijing next time your bus is late or you're stuck in traffic.
Let's not be smug about China's smog
An Army source said: "It shows how badly off some ranks are if they are volunteering to go to Afghanistan and face being shot at and blown up because they get more money.
DEBT-HIT SOLDIERS JOIN WAR FOR CASH; Extra pay for Afghan tours
At least three people are known to have died in the disaster, which saw the vast liner, with more than 4,000 people on board, ground and list badly off the Italian island of Giglio.
Search for Costa Concordia survivors resumes
I don't think they were that badly off to begin with but now look at them," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.
Daniel Craig calls Kardashians' 'idiots' for exposing private lives
* Is it OK to leave a job that ended badly off my resume?
Babysitter's dilemma: can I pocket the cab fare?
"It was hard at first to make money out of it and put food on the table, but eventually I've got to a position where I'm not doing too badly off it."
The seal of approval for royal picture
You may think that Tunisia is badly off when you compare its unemployment rate of 13.30 percent to 9.4 percent of the US, but wait a minute.
Tunisia event: What can independent South Sudan learn from it?
But a controversial last-minute deal between France and Germany threatens to send Europe's bid to deter future financial crises badly off course.
EU HEADS FOR SHOWDOWN AT ECONOMIC CRISIS SUMMIT
Those of us who are Euro-sceptic need also to be Anglo-sceptic and realise that we may actually be less badly off under Franco-German influence.
Turkey and the EU; YOUR LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF WALES