strapped for
strapped for (something)
Having very little of something; deprived of something. Would you mind paying for dinner? I'm a little strapped for cash at the moment. We've been strapped for employees ever since the high schools and colleges
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*strapped for something
needing something, usually money. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I am really strapped for cash. Can you lend me some? Ted is strapped for money and cannot pay his bills.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
strapped for
In need of, as in We're strapped for cash this week. Originating in the mid-1800s as simply strapped, meaning "in need of money," the term acquired for in the first half of the 1900s. Now the term is also used for other needs, as in I can't give you any more firewood; I'm strapped for it myself.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- strapped for (something)
- could (do something) with (one's) eyes shut
- do (something) standing on (one's) head
- do something standing on your head
- set little by
- set little by (someone or something)
- think little of
- think little of (someone or something)
- financially embarrassed
- have/know/get something off pat