down and out
Adjective
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Adjective
down and out (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.
- People who are down and out need some place to turn.
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (blues standard by Jimmy Cox ↗)
- "Didn't take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean by down and out" ("Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin, 1971)
- German: heruntergekommen
- Italian: morto di fame
- Portuguese: morto de fome, morta de fome, na pior
- Spanish: muerto de hambre
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