Stone-broke (Adjective)
Meaning
Lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After a string of bad investments, the businessman found himself stone-broke and forced to declare bankruptcy.
- The couple, stone-broke and in debt, reluctantly decided to sell their dream home.
- Losing his job left him stone-broke and scrambling to find a new source of income.
- Unlike some of his peers, he remained humble, recalling the days when he was stone-broke and struggling to make ends meet.
- By the end of the month, she was stone-broke and had to rely on her parents for financial support.