| 单词 | stone-broke |
| 例句 | But the heroes of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” – two well-mannered but stone-broke gentlemen in search of marriageable heiresses – are far more respectful of the opposite sex than the love-‘em-and-leave-‘em 007 usually is. London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z But here I am, desperately hard up—stone-broke, in fact. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Being stone-broke when you go on board doesn't matter if you ship forward; but aft, to start with bare pockets may get you a bad name. The Recipe for Diamonds I know it was a liberty—I made it out you were no business man, only a stone-broke painter; that half the time you didn’t know anything, anyway, particularly money and accounts. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) "And you will always be hearing racing 'shop,' and how much somebody won, nobody ever talks about their losses until they are stone-broke." Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate In Australia, it means a man "down on his luck," "stone-broke," beaten by fortune. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The whole company was on the bum and stone-broke. It, and Other Stories I wish it would, because I'm stone-broke and haven't any more cartridges. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Well, when she came to the door that morning, I told her so, and that I was stone-broke; and she took me right in, and fetched out the pie.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) But," with a comic grimace, "it's dollars to doughnuts that both of 'em will be stone-broke. The Lure of the Mask "Salvation Sue"—the stiffest of stiff jobs— For roopy-raspy-voiced and vain "Œolia," Who dubs herself the Schneider-Patti Blend; And now, a prey to stone-broke melancholia, I sit and rack my fancy, to no end! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 It is surprising, the money that is made out of stone-broke tramps. The Road Men may be hard up or even stone-broke; there are slums; there are hard-worked women; but there is no general fear of poverty. As We Are and As We May Be "But you," said Forrest to the earl, "what would you do if you were stone-broke?" The Spread Eagle and Other Stories In the elegant phraseology of high society I am stone-broke. Simon the Jester Well," he said—"I know it was a liberty—I made it out you were no business man, only a stone-broke painter; that half the time you didn't know anything anyway, particularly money and accounts. The Wrecker |
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