| 单词 | hard up |
| 例句 | "Oh no, he didn't. Just shut up like a clam. I could take it or leave it—those were his words. I was hard up. I took it." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Instead, he just said, “Is the coach working you hard up there?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She ran through the kitchen, ignoring Mama’s and Cook’s yelps of surprise and shouted censure, grabbed the saltshaker off the prep table, and climbed the stairs, her short legs pumping hard up the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Suddenly the wind blew even harder up the hillside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind didn’t blow as hard up there as it did on the clay flats. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, what it meant was their parents were tight, hard up, squeezed, strapped. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “That’s only the beginning. It seems that the local weekly was hard up for news. They heard about it and sent their reporter over.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z More than that, though, they were hard up against the fact that a few minutes of extreme exertion were about to tell them whether five and a half months of training had been worthwhile. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I think he’s some kind of security guard downtown. There’s only the two of them, so I don’t think they’re hard up for cash. But no one takes care of the place.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I squint hard up the hill and realize we’re only a few paces from the force field. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know, when you’re hard up, you do a lot of things just to try and make ends meet. I wonder if you can imagine what that’s like.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Joe was always hard up, always hustling to make a buck. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At J.T.’s driveway, I put on my brakes, then pedaled hard up the long dirt road to his house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I certainly must've been very hard up to even bother with any of them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z No matter how hard up the Nolans were, the studs were never pawned. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "My family were really hard up, but it didn't ever seem to be a worry," she says. Nina Raine: a great ear for anger 2010-10-11T21:00:00Z Bad business decisions and alimony to numerous ex-wives didn't help: for a time he was so hard up he briefly lived in a cave. What is the most offensive album of all time? 2010-10-21T22:00:00Z This was absurd, yet cunning, too, for it left Kael seething, as well as hard up. The warrior critic: in praise of Pauline Kael 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The family was still middle class, but it was also hard up. LS Lowry: the people's artist comes in from the cold 2013-06-08T23:05:10Z It’s a pity that New York, hard up for cash and watching land values decline along with the rest of the city, sold off so many abandoned and foreclosed sites at that time. The Housing Situation Is Dire. But Progress Is Still Possible. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.” Yass queens! Queer Eye’s Fab Five on how they are changing men – one makeover at a time 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Even when she was very hard up for money, which she often was, she kept a supply of good bread and good butter. The Countess and the Schoolboy 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Being a writer is a dream job, except when you’re hard up. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z At first the elderly diva refuses to mingle with her former colleagues, and it takes some coaxing for her to admit she's as hard up as they are. Review: 'Quartet' has a winning, classy charm 2013-01-08T14:37:08Z Mr. Levine’s father died when he was 5, leaving the family hard up, and before embracing poetry he held a succession of what he has called “stupid jobs.” A Gritty Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate : Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate 2011-08-10T02:20:31Z She was always very hard up and there were some years when she really struggled financially. Is the 'Beryl Bainbridge Booker' a good thing? 2011-02-13T00:05:32Z It was while he was in Africa, though, that he was held up by armed gunmen, and he was so hard up he was forced to subsist for months on a diet of uncooked noodles. New band of the day - L Marshall (No 1,420) 2012-12-20T17:46:26Z Great heavenly chunks of untrammeled nothingness hard up against dense clusters of exurban sprawl. T Magazine: Stranger Than Paradise 2013-05-10T21:59:01Z Over its long development process, "The Butler" was at times so hard up for cash that Daniels and others were forced to embark on numerous rounds of fundraising, even into the production process. Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash sues Lee Daniels for royalties, credit 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z But my main reasons for thinking you can do modern on the cheap is that when we were first married and very hard up we did. From the Observer archive, 15 July 1962: In praise of a thoroughly modern home 2013-07-13T23:05:25Z I was hard up for an idea — I'm always hard up for an idea, until I get one. Q&A: Author Erik Larson nervously awaits arrival of 'Beasts' 2011-05-09T15:32:05Z The story goes that he was so hard up he even sold Saskia's grave. Rembrandt by Typex – review 2013-04-15T07:00:01Z But Shakespeare had died in 1616, and Florio was hard up: a pension promised to him by James I had failed to materialise. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Are they really so hard up for work? 'Little Fockers': Stay home ? this stellar cast should have 2010-12-21T18:10:22Z Are you that hard up for a hug? You already know ‘Fuller House’ is bad. But are you adult enough to resist it? 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z And while we can't know for sure, it's likely that #2 Smith Court, hard up against the African Meeting House, was the final home Rebecca shared with Wyatt. The U.S.’s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z By the way, not all the £110m will go to hard up motorists dumping their cars. What did we learn from ULEZ court action? 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Crawford lined one hard up the middle that just eluded the grasp of Neto and bring home Pollock and make it 5-2. Rookie Bryan Woo bounces back from rough first start as Mariners hit Angels hard 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Part of the success has come from trying to refocus his approach on hitting the ball hard up the middle and to right-center. After slow start, Julio Rodriguez is heating up with the weather for Mariners 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Fitzgerald was hard up for money, and he sold each story to Esquire for $250. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Short Stories 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z What politicians and the public have to confront is that there could be many years where voters feel hard up. UK economy: When are you going to feel better off? 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Many millions - not just "the hardest up" - would find it hard to keep up with payments, he told the BBC. Not just hard up that need bill help - Sir Keir Starmer 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Companies in the sector, with their lofty stock values, tend to push the market harder up or down. Asian shares’ rise broadly cheered by US earnings, rally 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Clower isn’t suggesting that the Lerner family is hard up for cash, or even that it’s operating from a position of weakness. In background of potential Nats sale, Lerners face uncertain real estate market 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z People I grew up with in Ghana would condemn you if you lived comfortably but left your parents hard up. How Much Help Do I Owe My Debt-Ridden Dad? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z South Africa will go hard up front and will try to power their way through, so England have got to come up with something. 'Steward should be as celebrated as Itoje was' 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z "And I think many people viewing will say 'look, I may not be the hardest up, but I can't afford bills that high'". Not just hard up that need bill help - Sir Keir Starmer 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “Firefighters are really working hard up in there to contain that fire.” Sequoia National Park's General Sherman tree, one of largest in the world, still safe amid growing wildfire 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z “A lot of these lines will be tested today,” Janssen said Monday, “and it’s going to be pushing pretty hard up there on that north end.” PG&E plans power shutoffs as Dixie fire rages in Northern California 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z But her focus shifts when the narrator is pulled from the Escalade and muscled “hard up against the hood,” about to be beaten or worse. Review: In 'American Estrangement,' dark stories about the dystopias inside us all 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z "Could he be that hard up for cash that he would agree to bad rap another artist that harshly?" he posted on Facebook. Morrissey accuses Simpsons of 'complete ignorance' 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Their efforts beautified what would’ve otherwise been an empty lot, and provided a pantry for immigrants and working-class folks hard up for fresh food. Column: A community garden hopes its cash crop is a hot sauce called Los Angeles 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z That made it easy for officials to draw lines on a map that would slice neighborhoods in two and strand small clusters of homes hard up against freeway ramps. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z "And, our business is still new. We purchased this business last August. And, we have been working really hard up to this point," Melius told Earhardt. Denver ramen shop vandalized by rioters just before scheduled reopening 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z And you’ve touched on the main questions here: In patronizing a pawnshop, are you helping sustain a system that exploits the hard up or even abets thievery? Is It O.K. to Buy a TV From a Pawnshop? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z And in other places, too, the state’s racially violent past is pushing hard up against a new future. Opinion | The tide is shifting in Virginia 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Snoopy worked hard up there on the roof of the doghouse. Perspective | Snoopy taught me how to be a writer 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Daniel W. Drezner: How hard up is President Trump in staffing his administration? Opinion | President Trump has created an ‘acting’ government 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The slugger’s message to the Angels, playing with heavy hearts after the death of 27-year-old pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is to “hug each other, laugh, cry, lift the ones taking it extra hard up.” Grieving clubhouse: Tough for Angels, like teams before them 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “There was relatively little on our goal because we worked so hard up front.” Borussia Dortmund at a loss after Bayern Munich rout 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z In the first moment of the attack, the gun was rammed hard up against his ribcage. Bitten by a great white shark: survivors on their near-death experience 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The explanation was that the Football League was too hard up. How can a sport worth billions spend just a pittance on fighting racism? | Daniel Taylor 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Unlike Brahe, who was a wealthy aristocrat, Kepler was always hard up, and he avoided working with his hands, an unlikely combination for an alchemist. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Plenty of liberals recoil at that picture: They, too, are hard up and downtrodden. Thank You for ‘Condescending’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “I am desperately hard up and owe about £20,” one said. Stolen WB Yeats letters identified at Princeton University 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The boy had shoved her hard up against a fence. ‘We believed we could remake ourselves any way we liked’: how the 1990s shaped #MeToo 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Until fairly recently, the Arctic ocean regularly froze up hard up against the far north coast of Alaska by October. What happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans' way of life 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z “I was like man, don’t worry about it and don’t try hit it so hard up the middle.'” Mariners ace Felix Hernandez still hurting a day after getting hit on his right forearm by a line drive 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Both Allen and Evans were hard up, with fines and bills to pay. The 'completely childish' man hanged for murder 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z They shuttled groups of hard up elderly people to the doctor for opioid prescriptions, paying them a few hundred dollars for half of the pills. She was the town’s leading heroin dealer. She was 19 years old 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z If you’re hard up for a Mother’s Day gift, just wrap this ragged column in a box or slip it into an envelope with a crisp new $5 bill. Dear Mom, thanks for ... well, thanks for just about everything 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “My father is in the countryside, and the family is hard up,” said Mr. Xu, a middle-aged construction laborer in Beijing, the Chinese capital. China’s New Year Mass Migration: Still Daunting, if a Little Less Crazy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He was so hard up, he touted around a baseball game he invented using playing cards and considered responding to an ad that promised “Make Money Growing Worms in Your Basement”. Paul Auster: ‘I'm going to speak out as often as I can, otherwise I can't live with myself' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Often, they suffered cognitive impairment; frequently, they were hard up for cash; nearly always, they were unsuspecting. A scam to rip off the cognitively impaired deserves condemnation in court 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “It’s been hard up until now to say that Trump is the sole reason for this,” she said. Spike in hate crimes possibly linked to Trump's election reported across the US 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z A struggling party DJ hard up for cash is enticed into stealing his grandmother Rose’s prize-winning pickle recipe in “The Pickle Recipe,” an unapologetically cornball confection of slapstick, Borscht-Belt humor and grating if earnest moralizing. ‘The Pickle Recipe’: Ingredients include corny humor and cheeseball acting 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “The Trump campaign is so hard up for money, I just bought that fog machine on eBay for 30 bucks,” Banks said. Elizabeth Banks Mocks Donald Trump's Entrance at Convention 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z “I confirmed it, just now. The Trump campaign is so hard up for money, I just bought that fog machine on eBay for $30.” WATCH: “Hunger Games” actress Elizabeth Banks mocks “over the top” Trump entrance 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The state Legislature is hard up against a crucial deadline to to fully fund K-12 basic education in the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision, in particular ending its reliance on local levy dollars. Election 2016 endorsements: It’s go time 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z "So unless you're hard up for cash right now," he says, "close your eyes, hold a friend's hand, wait it out and buy dips where you can." Wall Street Is Overreacting Over Brexit 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z If the wind is blowing too hard up there to fish effectively, work the Barrens to get your 2 to 3 fish per hour. Good catches of lake trout and cutthroat, but spotty for kokanee in Lake Chelan 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z With Trump and Cruz fighting for the nomination, Democrats and Obama should drive the ball hard up the middle and quit trying to be cute and clever. Our Best Comments of the Week 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z “People have been asking me all along, ‘you’ve been working really hard up here, when is all that hard work going to pay off?’ Chris Christie seeks to maximize key endorsements in New Hampshire 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z They’re pressing hard up front, and stroking it around calmly at the back. Watford v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z The assumption has always been that he became hard up. William Shakespeare’s dodgy dealing father ‘helped to fund son’s plays’ 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Bezos entered a real estate market still stinging from the Great Recession and hard up for companies looking to lease big chunks of space. Inside the wild ride that landed The Washington Post on K Street 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z That background may be one of the reasons why Doodle Shepherd is known for the credit he advanced to people who were hard up or having a hard time financially. Couple sells corner store near Berryville after 37 years 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z The year before I became a professional journalist, I was so hard up for him that I spent the autumn of 2008 living in dinky Doylestown, Pennsylvania and volunteering on his campaign. Finally, the Obama I fell in love with | Steven W Thrasher 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z They’re pressing hard up front, and stroking it around calmly at the back. Watford v Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s a formation that requires those wide men to work hard up and down the field, tucking in as required to bolster midfield numbers. USA 2-1 Honduras: five things we learned 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Well, when you’re hard up for hard currency, every dollar counts. A Dutch treat in North Korea 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Also visible in the footage: an open-air heroin shooting gallery, hard up against a mine. Video Feature: Jade’s Journey Marked by Drugs and Death 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Because people who are hard up for cash might be more easily compromised. At Least 26,000 Deadbeat Taxpayers Have Access to Pentagon Secrets 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The tourism sector employs 150,000 people in a country hard up for jobs. Kenyan president says tourism sector 'on its knees' after attacks 2014-03-28T19:28:48Z As it dawns on her what's happened - guilty - she breaks down, her palms press hard up against her bowed forehead. Why Schapelle's story grips Australia 2014-02-07T09:09:17Z And I do intervals, things like three-minute repeats on a hill, going very hard up hill, high intensity. Trainer says getting older doesn’t mean fitness must fall and recommends pushing harder 2014-01-06T21:34:00Z It earned $1.2 billion last year and employs 150,000 in a country hard up for jobs, but the sector remains vulnerable to security threats. Kenya's economy seen resilient to mall attack, tourism apart 2013-09-23T14:12:54Z We fought really hard up until very last lap. Sato still smiling after losing race on last turn 2013-05-06T00:57:09Z The women officers in this situation....wow, how hard up were they? Inmates Allegedly Controlled Prison, Ran Crime Ring Inside 2013-04-26T01:35:28Z Sales were hardest hit across the eurozone, as the economic crisis continues to hit luxury industries and hard up drinkers turn to cheaper alternatives. Scotch whisky sales on the slide 2013-04-02T18:17:47Z Meanwhile the genuinely hard up increasingly struggle to pay for essentials, public services become shabby while the super-rich party on. Letters: True Tory colours revealed in autumn statement 2012-12-06T21:00:06Z He won with defense, with long slides, with backhands hit flat and hard up the line that managed to land inside. On Tennis: Djokovic Pushes His Way Back Into Spotlight 2012-09-07T03:51:25Z He settled into the blocks, the curve of his blades hard up against them, waiting for the starter's gun. Column: Pistorius revolutionizes Olympic notions 2012-08-04T18:14:09Z Dotted with drainage grilles, the road kinks left then climbs harder up to a sharp right into a tunnel created by the overhanging canopy of branches. Britain's top 10 cycle climbs 2012-07-13T08:15:37Z On the main walls near Viñales, the farms run hard up on the base of the cliffs. Paradise Is Off-Limits for Rock Climbers in Cuba 2012-07-06T19:25:49Z On the main walls near Viñales the farms run hard up on the base of the cliffs. Threatening Climbing in a Cuban Paradise 2012-07-05T15:20:07Z "I thought our guys battled hard up there," Tanner said. S. Carolina's streak ends in 2-1 CWS loss to Hogs 2012-06-19T05:34:07Z The link between blob and behavior conveys an aura of versimilitude that often proves overly seductive to the reporter hard up to fill a health or science quota. Neuroscience Coverage: Media Distorts, Bloggers Rule 2012-05-04T21:15:00.217Z If you’re hard up, Jimmy, you can take what I saved for the stage; but give us back that jewelry.” The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z And a railroad president isn’t so hard up for a son-in-law that he has to pick one up on the church steps. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z "Horribly, disgustingly hard up," as he told his father, and here were Madeline's thousands or millions steadily accumulating, and nobody the better for it. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Valentine showed us the letter: you said you were hard up in it. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z She says she meant it to be a pleasant surprise, because we've been rather hard up since my father died, and this chap's got horses and everything, and she says he's going to adopt me. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z She used to recite, and she used to be always hard up. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z In one of Mr. Disraeli's novels a political party, hard up for a captivating and popular watchword, is thrown into ecstasies when somebody invents the cry of "Our young Queen and our old Constitution." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Our young friend never scolds, but ‘blows up;’ never pays, but ‘stumps up;’ never finds it too difficult to pay, but is ‘hard up.’ The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I don't half like the work, and if I had not been more hard up than any poor devil ever was yet, you would never have got me on to it. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z They even gave Ichiro a hearty cheer when he ran hard up the first-base line but was thrown out by a couple of steps on a ground ball after starting the night 3 for 3. "It makes you cry" ? Ichiro makes heroic return to Japan 2012-03-29T04:34:04Z He was hard up at the time, and I risked the fifty on the off chance. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z When it rains so hard up here it doesn’t last very long. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Most troubled homeowners, like the Katrina victims, are genuinely hard up. News Analysis: Moral Hazard as the Flip Side of Self-Reliance 2012-02-25T18:51:09Z We suspect "Ganger, Northampton," to be a nom de guerre for "Admiral of the Atlantic, Wilhelmshaven," who is notoriously hard up both for ships and money. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z I make a present of the idea to any young sculptor who has a commission from one of our merchant princes, and is hard up for a subject. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z I have tried your treatment for six months, and I am obliged to say that I am harder up than ever before. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z There was some difficulty about their admission, and it turned out afterwards that Haydon thought they might be duns, as he was very hard up at the time. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z "Well, if he's so hard up, I think it was rather a delicate action." The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Being hard up, he fleeced me; and the gentleman, I suppose, thinking he might be familiar, told me he was on confidential terms with Mr. Longcluse and wished me a good deal of joy. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z But I’m not hard up; really I’m not. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z To this Davies, who happened to know how hard up Brummell was, sent the following laconic reply:— “My dear George, “’Tis very unfortunate, but all my money is in the Three per Cents. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z "Aha! your vaunted community hard up?" queried Joseph, with a complacent twinkle. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z She sneered at my subalterns, because some of them were hard up and could not keep polo ponies. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Oh! she doesn't seem to be at all hard up! Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z “Gorgeous stroke of luck for us that chap, K——, hit the stuff so hard up at Kinbasket,” I murmured ecstatically. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The idea of taking the pie back for the reasons alleged was really funny, though the fact of the beau being extremely “hard up” very possibly had a good deal to do with his conduct. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z This manoeuvre had thrown us fairly across their line, so that only by putting our helm hard up were we able to avoid being run down by a huge two-decker. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Must be hard up for an honest man if she takes on Karl.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z His true place was the gutter, but the land was entailed, tenants were squeezable, and though hard up, the new squire floundered on, cursing and a curse. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He never sends out for no beer, He don't smoke, and as far as I see, Beyond the few clothes he brought here, And a desk, he's as hard up as me. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z It's all I've got about me, but as you seem hard up you may find it useful. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z If I should ever be too hard up, I wouldn't apply to him. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "I'm afraid, Mr. Gibbs, that she was as hard up as she could be--and live." Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z And you would do the same, if you were as shamefully hard up as I am. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z As to clothes and boots, I was beginning to be rather "hard up." Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z "I didn't know you were as hard up as that," said Casper, with surprise. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z "Yes, messieurs; Dodichet himself: slightly the worse for wear, and exceedingly hard up, as you see; but still ready to laugh when occasion offers!" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z It appeared that Mr. Jeffries had been very hard up indeed, so hard up that, quite recently, he had actually had to take a position as a commissionaire. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z He might have been hard up, but his necktie would not have been 'a black sea holding for life a school of fat white fish.' Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Never tell a debtor that you are hard up and need the money. How to Collect a Doctor Bill 2011-10-15T02:00:30.593Z "But I tell you I shall be hard up after I get those things." The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z "I obviously felt pretty bad, because we were working pretty hard up front." Mercer Island routs Mount Si, 42-14 2011-10-07T05:53:04Z I wasn't as hard up for a fellow as all that—I carried on with a fellow at that breaking-up party. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z There they served him, for they were hard up at that inn, and glad to get anything from any one. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The Captain rounded on her at once—put his helm hard up, so to speak, till he was bows on to his charming hostess. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Well, this is the first time you've seen men hard up against a big thing. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z They are hard up, and they couldn't talk of anything but how much you was worth, and what you had your money invested in, and the like. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She moved in such an atmosphere of luxury that it was difficult to imagine her what she plainly called "hard up." "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z We are going to be hard up for cooks this year.” Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The poor owner has his own boy along with him, and he's pretty hard up. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z We were hard up for fun in those days, and even this low order of wit excited a high degree of hilarity. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z If hard up against it, even the strongest driver cannot send the ball through it; and it gives occasion for pulling and slicing round it which are good fun and good practice. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z Gottschal told me that one time when Tausig was "hard up" for money, he sold the score of Liszt's Faust for five thalers to a servant, along with a great pile of his own notes. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z I wouldn’t tell any one else, but we’re just frightfully hard up, and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if Mother had to give up here before very long.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Some of these doubtful ventures, while never really succeeding, do not fail at once; they are always hard up, but they keep on, though gradually sinking lower all the time. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Meanwhile the beach really needs a hostel where a bunch of hard up kids can throw their wetsuits off and collapse into a cheap cot for the night. The Surprising Benefits of Austerity 2011-08-21T11:33:58Z The hero is a manly youth, who has seen service in the English army, and who, upon his return to a civilian's life, finds himself rather out of his element and extremely hard up. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z The wind blew so hard up in the tree, he presently got down, and descended the slope till the ridge sheltered him. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z "Yes; they're often very hard up, these young fellows, but that's nothing new in the case of young men who have to fight their way in the world." The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z And glancing at him to see just how far she might go, the woman said: “An actress who spends and lives as Miss Lane does is always hard up.” The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Sometimes they had streaks of luck, at others they were hard up. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z She had a beautiful home, her own automobile, her own allowance, and yet she was always hard up. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z As usual she was very hard up for clothes, and was concocting a scheme in her mind for saving up money enough to buy a new dress for the Junior Prom. in February. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Don't we all know how hard up he is, and what a boon your inheritance would have been? Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z After all, Red Bull is hardly hard up for cash, and the club does not depend on transfer fees to operate. Goal: For Red Bulls, No Reason to Export Talent 2011-07-08T19:29:06Z With $100K in the bank, was she really so hard up for money that she wouldn't just write it off and move on to the next suite? DSK case is no "victory for justice" 2011-07-05T17:01:00Z He’s a most astonishing cad, and chronically hard up.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Well, you must have been hard up for some one to run a bet with. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Original people were generally poor—too "hard up" to be altogether proper. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z I worked hard up at Dawson, but it was my pleasure. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z I am terribly hard up, I am painfully in debt. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z “Her people are chronically hard up, and, that being so, to tear up a cheque for a thousand pounds deliberately was in her case rather heroic.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z All the same, much as the folks disapproved of her carving out a career for herself, whenever she got hard up all she had to do was telegraph straight back home.... Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Got them from the same fellows, too, who told the same story about being hard up for cash, and wanting to sell the tickets they’d purchased.” The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z But are you really so very hard up here? Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z All this implied that financially he was hard up. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Who else could it be? they reasoned, who would go to so much trouble for a few lonely men, hard up in a desolate region? If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I think you must be hard up to ask her.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z I had bought those toys in New York on a ten-day cash basis, so I was hard up. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z I have been thinking that he must have been dreadfully hard up, or he never would have tried the robbery at New Haven, or have stolen such a small sum from you afterwards.” The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z There can be no doubt whatever that he is hard up. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z He knew that he must be hard up for food, and he could not allow the man to starve to death without making an effort to relieve his wants. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z But—but we were so hard up, and all—just the same, I couldn’t get into the closet again. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z I was hard up, and owed more than I had in the bank. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Congenial tasks and association with the brilliant journalists of the day did not prevent Bierce from being undeniably hard up at times. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z I've been hard up for a long time, as you know; been in the hands of sharks, in fact. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z But many of the men who are hard up will not ask for help. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z Sophie, observing that she wore no jewelry of any kind except a ring, in which the diamond was so large that it must surely be paste, decided that her visitor must be "hard up." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z "Poor thing, I think she is hard up," said Mrs. Dale, as they ring the bell; "see her examining the bills by the lamp." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z I am trying to raise the wind here: it seems absurd that I should be "hard up," but it is a long story. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z The most important thing is to say that we worked really hard up front, Luke and I. It really doesn’t matter who scores.” Red Bulls 3, Earthquakes 0: For the Red Bulls, a Refreshing Burst of Goals 2011-04-17T04:20:38Z To Find the Value of a Pound at any price.—Try to borrow one, when you are desperately hard up. Mr. Punch in Bohemia 2011-04-16T02:00:17.803Z Meanwhile I am very hard up, as this is the season of yearly accounts being sent in. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z They dunned him in the most shameless manner, and when he told them that Pomuchelskopp was too hard up to help him, they refused to listen, and only demanded their money the more fiercely. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z Yes, Herr Amtshauptmann, and then I shall be hard up, for my affairs are in a bad way. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Of course the river boat had shut off steam, and was no longer pushing hard up against the current. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z "I thought we were hard up," I growled, not rid of my suspicions. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z We used to have a lot of old furniture, but we got hard up a few years ago and sold it by the wagon-load to a dealer in antiques. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Look here," said he, "if you are so hard up as all that, your only hope is to try your hand at something else. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Since my return to England I have often been asked what do the Germans think of the war now and are they hard up for food, etc. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z "I'll close haul, if you prefer it," said Harry, taking a strong pull at the sheet, and, with his helm hard up, sending the skiff along under a full wind. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z While I recognize a certain truth in your description, still you are to know that our Mr. Hemphill, although hard up, belongs to one of the first families of Deep Harbor. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Oh! well, I got hard up," he replied, evasively, "and there was some mistake in my accounts which I couldn't explain satisfactorily, so I thought best to go out of town for awhile. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z "Lodrin's affairs cannot be in a very brilliant condition," Arthur remarked; "ever since his majority he has been making no end of improvements, and he is hard up financially." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z I feel so hard up and reckless that I could become a bank director or a member of Parliament without feeling a pang of conscience.” Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z I'm always hard up, and blessed if I know how it happens. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z There are hundreds of men there quite as hard up, and not half so clever as yourself.” Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z There's many a one, now in a private station, and mighty hard up for means, that will maybe turn out a King or a Grand-Duke before long. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z They were afraid, that I might get hard up out there, and, someway or other find my way home. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z If you were a woodman like himself, your being hard up wouldn’t matter. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z And if that's the case, they must be pretty hard up for sport. Seeing France with Uncle John 2011-02-26T03:00:47.827Z Smith told me you were poor and hard up. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z “I’m faint, sir,” continued the old printer, “and hungry, and hard up;” and then he looked down at his clothes with a dreary smile upon his grim, unshorn face. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z The soundness of our skins would prove the scarcity of cash in my father’s establishment; or as they say here in Californy, that we were ‘hard up.’ Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z It was hauled hard up against the immense bulk of the Zeppelin and secured with additional lashings. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z I lost heavily two nights ago at the Club,—that's why I 'm so hard up; but I know I must have money by Saturday. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Oh, I don't know, Jabez; he's hard up and disreputable, and knowing as he does how you killed—" "Hush! A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Over champagne and sandwiches Esm� babbled a little, told of her loss, of how hard up she was. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z He believed that I'd sent all that I saved home to my mother in England, and that I was really hard up, as I'd half pretended to be. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z "Poor Jack!" muttered Cavendish, "how hard up he must be!" The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z For awhile I used to take all kinds o' jobs when I got hard up, but I've got over that. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z “I told him I could loan him a few dollars if he was so hard up he couldn’t get along,” chuckled Bill, jingling some coins in his pocket. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z I tell you what," he said, "if you are really hard up you can have Cliff End rent free. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Look here, now, Hal; you do look a little hard up. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z "Lucky told me you were hard up this year," Powelton said, as if he were often equally hard up himself. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z If he is hard up," muttered the writer, "that last line may appeal to him. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z You see, we officers are never very hard up for grub, and I would much prefer to receive something for my men, who get very little in the way of luxuries or dainties. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z "Esm�—I dare not," she whispered back; "but here—you are hard up—take this for gratitude." The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z On the other hand, Janet, finding herself hard up, may have pawned it, and Pratt may have got it into his possession in that way. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Lucky," he said, "I am hard up—don't tell anybody, but I'm mighty hard up. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z "I'm not that hard up," replied the girl, with a smile that belied the harshness of her words. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z Well, for months and months we had both been most frightfully hard up, and, unfortunately, everyone else—at least all our friends—seemed just as stony. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z “They’re hard up for somebody to write up as a star if they have to take me!” Betty Lee, Sophomore 2010-12-24T03:00:29.270Z This letter was to the old man, and was worth more, and, to tell the truth, his old friend was hard up, desperately hard up. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z "Say, Deacon," he began when they were alone, "if you should ever get hard up, I hope you have decency enough to give your friends a chance to——" Young blushed and shook his head. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z He argues that Eric was hard up for money and was hired for the hit by the new Danish king, Christian IV. Findings: Murder! Intrigue! Astronomers? 2010-11-30T06:03:00Z “No matter how hard up we are, let’s face it, we live in Manhattan,” wrote Mr. Reeves, 34 and a father of two small children. Big City: A Clash in Harlem, via Listserv 2010-08-10T04:15:00Z In fact just thinking about it I'm tempted to get up from the desk and go and watch it again, but I'm hard up against deadline. Andy Bull: The amazing story of Afghanistan cricket 2010-07-20T14:06:00Z "Having a bank account will allow hard up families to access the cheapest utility deals, spread the cost of repayments for household goods, buy products online and get pay cheques paid directly into their accounts." 2010 budget: One million more to have bank account access 2010-03-25T11:29:00Z If you are 'temporarily embarrassed,' as they say, when you come back after Christmas, you'll do what I would do if I were hard up, won't you? The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z And I got $1.10 a day because they were hard up for men.” John Babcock, Last Canadian World War I Veteran, Dies at 109 2010-02-24T05:09:00Z The astronauts work hard up there and are away from their families for a long time. NASA?s Room With a View 2010-02-21T00:40:00Z The transmission never revs unnecessarily or hunts for the proper gear, even when you accelerate hard up a steep hill. 2007-04-10T18:56:00Z The Republic of Colombia was extremely "hard up." The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise You never knowed what it means to be hard up, I reckon; never had no trouble at all; no husband to up an' leave you and not a soul to lean on. The Reclaimers He then gibed, put his helm hard up and tacked to the mercantile business. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He found himself enmeshed in a vague tale of having found her very hard up and of wishing to get her away from the influence of a rather depressing home. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Why is it you are always so hard up, Pinkie?" he inquired. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life "And that also may mean that these people are hard up," said Ferrati. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The fact was that he was very hard up. The Land of Strong Men But sure I know him well; he 'll never take in a reef or sail, but sit there, with the helm hard up, just never carin' what came of him! The Fortunes Of Glencore "Well, as a matter of fact, I'm rather hard up just now...." Sinister Street, vol. 2 You mean that they are hard up—don't use those genteel euphemisms, my dear,—I can't understand 'em. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Heithrek replied: You are hard up when you have to turn back to things of long ago to bring forward against me. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes "I must say," resumed the dragoon, "we thought it handsome, for old Cox was always hard up for money." Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "A large vessel under the lee!" sang out a voice from the bow, and the cry was repeated still louder, while the pilot shouted, "Show a light at the mast-head; put your helm hard up!" Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Ah! they are a queer lot, those Skinners; they do say Joe Skinner is a queer customer, and that he is so hard up, that's why he's married that old lady. Little Miss Joy A shabby coat is not necessarily a sign that a man is hard up. Rambles in Womanland "I wonder if it rains as hard up there, too; she'll be terribly wet," thought Walpurga to herself, and, indeed, it was raining just as heavily up the mountain. On the Heights A Novel It made inroads on Cartmell's money-bags till—what with it, and Margaret's great endowment, to say nothing of Dormer's fields—rich Miss Driver was for two or three months positively hard up for ready money! The Great Miss Driver "Oh, I often pop things when I'm hard up," she announced nonchalantly. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall I know they are hard up, cause I caught her crying the other day. Living Up to Billy "Well, maybe there's somethin' in it," Sam replied grudgingly, after a brief hesitation; "but it seems to me the Fire Department must be pretty hard up when they'll take in a feller like Seth." An Amateur Fireman "It's brutal to be so hard up," he mused. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes "I'm pretty hard up, and nobody gives me a dinner!" he protested. The Great Miss Driver The secretary, being hard up for players, could not drop them altogether, for even Martin was better than his substitute. Years of Plenty "Only shows how devilish hard up I must have been," was the cool reply; "but now, as the governor begins to behave better, I think I'll cut Paul." Jack Hinton The Guardsman He was always “hard up,” simply because he was a child in money matters. Stevenson's Perfect Virtues As Exemplified by Leigh Hunt If I did not know you I should think you were hard up, and wanted to borrow five pounds. The Red Rat's Daughter He's hard up, but he can get along. The Great Miss Driver Times had been hard up in Maine, and Mr. Seabury had been out of work and could not get in again. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 Besides, sometimes you're hard up for something to carry you about. Jack Hinton The Guardsman You think I’m a wretch, no doubt, but I dare say if the truth were known I’m as hard up as you are yourself; and I have no rich friends to help me. The Daughters of a Genius I was confoundedly hard up myself about that time, having just come ashore from a trip in one of those coffin-ships, as they call them now. Seven Frozen Sailors “But the poor devil is generally so hard up that it’s doubtful if he could have mustered another 2 pounds.” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance They were always hard up, and needed every penny they could get. A Question of Marriage But here I am, desperately hard up—stone-broke, in fact. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The man was hard up, I think, and couldn’t afford the money. The Daughters of a Genius “Yes, your honour,” whispered the man, shuffling his “c’rect cards” back into his pocket with one hand, and leaning forward into the room to whisper: “I’m ’orrid hard up, Sir Rilton. Sir Hilton's Sin One is hard up and the other soft down. The Handbook of Conundrums For Ancram was getting desperately hard up, and would soon not know which way to turn. In the Whirl of the Rising We were a big family at home, and very hard up. Lady Cassandra The rogues had been hard up for long enough and sold it.” Blind Policy I 'll mention your public services—" "And don't say that I 'm hard up. One Of Them We used to have five cents a week, but now mother has to be so careful that we're hard up. Fairfax and His Pride His life had been so hard up to the present moment, that he had enjoyed scant leisure to indulge in the softer emotions of life. The Intriguers He was never in high spirits except when he was hard up for money. That Boy Of Norcott's Well, he says he knowed our people ten years ago when they were regular hard up. Blind Policy These Austrians are hard up; besides, they never do pay. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance He “shined” around until he got so desperately hard up that he had to sell his kit. The Children of the Poor But in desperation he makes a final dash for her patronage, probably, poor man, being hard up. The Head Girl at the Gables Cutbill was told, too,—"His Lordship is rather hard up just now, and cannot be liberal as he could wish; but he is a charming person to know, and will treat you like a brother." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Well, I was on the committee to order the things; but when I came to collect the money, some of the girls, who wanted most to help, were very hard up, myself included. Hildegarde's Harvest Suddenly the helm of the brig was put hard up, as sailors say, and the little craft turned and dashed across the frigate's bow. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read That may be so," said M�ry, to whom I repeated what I had heard; "but you must remember that Lamartine is always hard up, and closely pursued by duns. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "I assure you, solemnly, my Lord, I am actually hard up, pressed for money, downright inconvenienced." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Then they hauled on the guys which brought the boom hard up against the mast, and it appeared from the silence of the commander that he was satisfied. Command A woman of the world, cutting a great dash, yet hard up—that kind knows all sorts and conditions of men. The Bartlett Mystery "And the fact is,—you will smile when I tell you, but upon my honor it's true,—I am actually hard up for cash." Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II You were welcome to the ride, but I'm not the one to say nay to a bit of silver so long as you say you're not hard up yourself. Ancestors A Novel I was never so hard up in life but I could make my tailor torn me out like a gentleman. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Corkindale, was equally hard up with myself, and, if possible, more averse to exertion. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Railroad was mighty hard up for help when it hired him. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign He had scarcely gone when the verdict was rendered: "Bacon an' nettles," Jamie said, "she's as hard up as we are, this week!" My Lady of the Chimney Corner You know what he is—he even lends more than he borrows; that is one reason why we are always so hard up. Ancestors A Novel "Yes, he started by the train for Liege,—third class too,—must be pretty hard up, I take it, to travel that way." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day A WIFE'S indignation at the women who flirt with her husband is often tempered by her pity and astonishment that they should be so hard up as to waste time on a man like him. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl "But," he added, "the banks claim they are very hard up for managers." A Canadian Bankclerk If you are hard up, I will give you some money—sufficient for a fortnight’s needs—and you can write to me for further supplies at my London address. Cynthia's Chauffeur "Well, by my soul, you can't help conceding to me that a man who is alive must live, and that's what your artist by profession hardly ever succeeds in doing, for he's always hard up." Weird Tales. Vol. I Scarcely had the mate ordered the boy at the helm to put it hard up, when the whale, with greatly accelerated speed, struck the ship with his head just forward of the forechains. Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale They are woefully hard up—the result of heavy gambling in a past generation, and the depreciation of land in this. The Recipe for Diamonds The old Daimyo families evidently have enough business sense to take advantage of the market, though some are hard up and sell more for that reason. Letters from China and Japan My folks are hard up, I belong to them, I’ll get them bread, or, by God! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston If he was ever hard up, he certainly never confessed to it. When Ghost Meets Ghost “We’ll try it ourselves if we get hard up,” laughed Ross, “but it seems to me we’ve got our money’s worth out of the shark already, without taxing him any further.” The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold In the year of grace something or other, anything between ’76 and ’78, I mentioned to you in my usual autobiographical and inconsiderate manner that I was hard up. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) It was too small for your horses, you said, and you were hard up. Berenice More than once she had heard her father say he feared “Bob was hard up.” The Camerons of Highboro I don't think he will," said Jim, biting his lips to keep from laughing as he saw Drusie look down with mingled surprise and dismay at her nearly full glass; "he is hard up. A Tale of the Summer Holidays When we are hard up we can send him off on a lecturing-tour. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart In short, he gave him to understand that he was hard up, that he wanted to go to Texas and had got on to the wrong boat and been brought up there. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget And I put the helm hard up, and the Hispaniola swung round rapidly, and ran stem on for the low-wooded shore. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) But Bob was as proud as he was hard up; Elliott knew that Father had never succeeded in lending him any money. The Camerons of Highboro When they met in New York Jack was very hard up, and had only succeeded in obtaining twenty five-cents from his parsimonious aunt. Mark Mason's Victory But I kept a stiff upper lip and work soon came, and I’ve never been so hard up since.” Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Whenever you meet a fellow that is hard up, and you can afford it, just hand him a dollar or two, and that will make it all right. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget One must be pretty hard up to take the leavings.” Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' He was never hard up for bread and cheese while other people were hard up for divine assistance, and as that was an ignorant and credulous age, we presume that his larder was well-stocked. Bible Romances First Series It often happens that they must slap their arms about and tramp hard up and down the deck. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I "Well if somebody hadn't behaved wrong," said Norton, "they wouldn't be so hard up." Opportunities "If you see anybody else coming along here that's hard up for grub——" "Here—you!" exclaimed Tom, throwing down his axe and making an effort to take the bundle from the man. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget We’re hard up, and if people owe you money, well––dun ’em for it. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He encouraged the plain working people to be neighborly and friendly, and share with a man who was hard up. The Social Principles of Jesus A large brig, sir, hard up against the wind. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. Boughton was hard up for fish, for none had come from the Banks, and bought them at a big price. The Harbor of Doubt I did steal some cattle from him because I was hard up, but I don't want him to go on and get fooled in this way. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget Their income is fair, but they are always "hard up." The Negro Farmer The Parnellites are hard up, and their organ asks America for cash. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule And on the second day, true to Cochise’s prophecy, a band of renegades came riding hard up the gorge. When the West Was Young I didn’t think you could be hard up again so soon. The Island Mystery Only they knew he was hard up, and it was just possible, with his responsibilities weighing heavily on him, he had resorted to an illicit practice to realize on his property. The Twins of Suffering Creek I heard she was hurt, and hard up, and I was worried. The Cuckoo Clock Look at this: The Ulster farmers are terribly hard up, are complaining that they cannot pay. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule “Looks as if the grand jury’s hard up for something to do,” he observed. When the West Was Young There is a limit to all things, even to the imagination of a French romance writer; and M. Dumas, without exception the most prolific of modern scribblers, was for once hard up for a subject. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 "No; he was so hard up I lent him four dollars." In a Little Town He was very hard up, he said, and his sister had written asking him to help her. The Soul of a People Fact is, I'm jolly hard up just now. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 "Well, if you're a little hard up, old fellow, you know I'm a good fellow...." Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure With his powerful hands he revolved it quickly until it was hard up. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main "Been hard up?" he asked, with a smile. People of Position One must be very hard up for something to love to have any affection to spare upon fishes. The Soul of a People "However, if you are hard up you can earn two dollars a day wheeling broken rock until you find something better." Thurston of Orchard Valley “Infernally hard up—as usual,” was his visitor’s reply, as he tossed his black overcoat on to the couch, flung his soft felt hat after it, and then sank into a chair. The White Lie I'm deucedly glad you're off my hands just now, my boy, for I'm confoundedly hard up. They of the High Trails He used to write scientific books, and was admitted to be the best man in England on his own subject; yet he got more and more hard up all the time. People of Position Be careful to clean straight up and down, not crossing from board to board: then dry with clean cloths, rubbing hard up and down the same way. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families She ain’t so hard up that she can’t go chasing around the country and livin’ at swell hotels and hiring lawyers and things while I got to work for what I get. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Old Levy will give us twenty thousand francs for them, if we pretend we’re not hard up. The White Lie The Baroness von Englebaden's diamonds had gone the way and served the purposes to which family diamonds seem at some time or other to be predestined: and Paul was very hard up. Captain Dieppe I used to tell her she never opened her lips to me except to ask me for money; and woe betide me if I told her I was hard up.' Lover or Friend So hard up for money was Gordon at this time that he had to borrow from the king enough to pay for his journey to London. General Gordon A Christian Hero But we found the prize money very welcome, for we were both hard up at the time. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron “But we’re not hard up,” laughed “The Eel” with a grin of satisfaction. The White Lie "I was devilish hard up," he muttered at last. Captain Dieppe I was coming home because I was hard up. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies It was almost impossible to obtain employment of any description; and many actors, authors and artists, as well as mechanics, were most confoundedly "hard up." My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. Dear Godfrey," Fred wrote, "you told me some time ago that you were hard up, so I am sending you a cheque in case you want it. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate I drew it out this morning to give to you if you were hard up. What's-His-Name At college he was always hard up, borrowing right and left and forgetting to pay, yet he always succeeded in living on the fat of the land. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Frye must have been either very hard up when he wrote," he said, "or else the other parties are crowding him and this is his last effort to fleece you. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast The advertisement business is on the bum this year becase times are so hard up. Turn About Eleanor "He doesn't want to have a proper nurse, he is rather hard up," I said. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate It will be a parterre or a fourth-floor room, rather gloomy and rather shabby, but a possible room for a student who happens to be hard up. Home Life in Germany We saw how hard up you were for I's, but we'd rather have the nuts than anything. Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "That if you get hard up at any time, you will come to me, and I will help you out." Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves I guess he isn't much of a stock hand; these nesters aren't, as a general thing, and if it's as Junkins says, and he puts all he makes into this place, he's likely hard up. The Ranch at the Wolverine This man must be very hard up, only he certainly did not give that impression. Somehow Good Yes, but sent to you in a letter because you were hard up, you know. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Just because I'm hard up is no reason why I should commit murder and robbery. Cleek, the Master Detective "Put the helm hard up," continued the pilot excitedly, in a louder voice; "she mustn't shoot." A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition He's hard up, but he's a pretty decent sort of man these days, and his sister has considerable influence over him. A Man of Two Countries Must keep up the credit of the firm, don't you know, and I'm awfully hard up. The New Tenant Do you know that folks are beginning to say that your brother Jacob is hard up, that he is pressed for money?” David Fleming's Forgiveness And I put the helm hard up, and the Hispaniola swung round rapidly and ran stem on for the low wooded shore. Treasure Island When they were hard up for something more to say, they at last retired. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Well, as you look rather hard up, and most likely haven't a great deal of blunt on hand, suppose I put you in the way of a little profitable business—eh?' City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston I didn't suppose you were as hard up as all that. Germinie Lacerteux You must be hard up for company to be so glad to see me.” David Fleming's Forgiveness I’ve been hard up of late, and at the motor show I sold three cars, for which I have not accounted to the firm. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance They are always hard up, but they keep on, though gradually sinking lower all the time. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Sylvia's liked him for ages, and he didn't like to come up to the scratch because he was hard up. The Twelfth Hour “Not so hard up as that, sir,” replied he. A Sailor of King George You can’t get away from me and think because I’m hard up I have lost my grip on you. Winning the Wilderness If not, you can count on a visit whenever I am hard up and hungry.” Lorimer of the Northwest Presently: "I suppose you are sometimes hard up?" he said. The Orchard of Tears They seem to be especially hard up for novelty acts—something out of the ordinary. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room It happens frequent that widders are sociable inclined—especially if they are hard up,” he added insolently. 'Me--Smith' Although fairly well dressed, he was hard up most of the time and only ventured to broach the subject as he just happened to have a few dollars to spare that day. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Yes, I should think he told the truth—that he did—but he didn’t mention the real reasons, that he was horribly hard up and saw a chance of marrying an heiress. Bird of Paradise When the worthy pair reached Cincinnati they were hard up. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains You don’t suppose I’d say ‘no’ to a chap who was awfully hard up, and then took a long, expensive trip just on my account! A Woman's Will “That’s where the widder lives who might be sociable inclined if she was hard up,” said the girl, with a sneer which made Smith’s fingers itch to choke her. 'Me--Smith' Anyhow, they're hard up, I believe; their home is broken up and they have five or six children at school, and a boy in Gallipoli. Captain Jim I was always kept hard up by my father. The Ghost Girl The Gays are hard up and proud and the Hildreths are busy and like to keep to themselves. Rainbow Hill “I was hard up, if you want to know,” says he. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Once, when I was hard up, I went to Tobe Jones and borrowed fifty dollars; and he hasn't asked me for it yet. The Future of the American Negro It looked as if they must have been hard up for speakers to-day, for two of them were younger even than Miss Claxton of the tam-o'-shanter. The Convert Upon a young man "hard up," as Maurice was, this suggestion was not thrown away. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success I told her that I was hard up and feeling desperate, and I even said I was going to sit up late! Simon And this is the burg where you can be as hard up on fifty thousand a year as on five hundred! Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe I was hard up and a stranger in the country, and this young fellow hired me to guide him across the range. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Someway, all the old-timers that are living seem to be hard up, or in bad health, or unhappy. In Our Town As to being 'hard up,' I can sympathize with you. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success And then he asked me if I was really very hard up. Simon I suppose he got hard up, and couldn't stand the pressure. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West He realized that the former bully was hard up and ready to do almost anything to make some money. The Rover Boys on the Plains The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch This meant that unless Joe was hard up every man had his chance before the wheel. In Our Town "Well, I heard that the military academy was rather hard up for pupils this term," answered Sam. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall Stupid place, but I will show that I’m not so hard up as to have no place but the Holt to go to! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster But if it comes on to blow when we'm to sea in our little open craft, we got to hard up an' get home along—if us can. A Poor Man's House But Hoodie said nothing, only stared harder up in her cousin's face with her big blue eyes. Hoodie She knew that he was hard up for money, and it was possible that he had opened the table drawer and abstracted the pocketbook. Luke Walton Are you getting any rent at all for Hulworth?' he went on, his wrath increasing as he spoke, 'or are you letting it slide for a bit because your tenants are hard up? Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Indeed, just at this time he was very "hard up." Sam's Chance And How He Improved It I am really sorry for your loss," said Brown, in a tone of sympathy; "all the more so, because I am hard up myself. The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets "Of course you'll be hard up if you go on living in rooms like this." The Creators A Comedy He was known to be hard up but refused to account for the money and was given a berth in the county jail. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing "I must be hard up for a husband, to marry such a shiftless fellow as he is." Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready "If I get very hard up, I'll remember your kind offer," said Sam. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It She is so nice and motherly and a Methodist and respectable and all that,—only old and hard up. Eve to the Rescue "I would in a minute—only I'm so hard up." The Creators A Comedy But I should be very much indisposed to give it him, merely to linger on here about town for a little time and then be hard up again. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 And if you are hard up for linen and a change of clothes, we can perhaps fit you out, amongst us.” With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure He must be hard up indeed before he could think of his grandfather. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 They were about as unlike Kitty's old home as anything could well be, She has made her rooms pretty enough, but it was easy to see she is hard up for flowers. Last Words A Final Collection of Stories When Earl Godwin suddenly appeared with his helm hard up for Hythe, the little town on the hill faced one of the best havens on the coast. Faces and Places For how could I speak, poor and hard up as I was—just a student, earning two or three hundred a year?” Witness to the Deed I am hard up for money,—very hard up. Ralph the Heir Always "hard up," he wrote much as a publisher's "hack" in order merely to live. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes A ghost must be hard up, one would think, to visit my Puggy; there ought to be an asylum for impoverished spectres. Peggy The truth is, Daniel was very hard up. The Goose Man Agassiz and I lay hard up against the north side of our dug-out—little more than a few dry lumps of clay—while Wallace's body was stretched alongside us. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Between you and me and the lamppost, Doc is devilishly hard up. The Varmint Instantly the helm is put hard up, and the barque paying off, wears round from east to west-nor’-west. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea He did not know their capacities for talking, but Jack was never hard up for saying something when he was called upon to do so. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service They're hard up for food, as you know; and at that, to judge from the reports from back home, they're no blooming curiosities. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 "I've heard of Western hospitality before," he said, calmly, before he could see who his assailant was, "but you seem to be hard up for guests." Hidden Gold You remember I was getting rather hard up when you came to my place at Charlotte Street?' The House of Souls To stay at anchor is one thing: to weigh and stand for the attempt and then run home again 'hard up,' as a sailor would say, is quite another. From a Cornish Window A New Edition “Well, you look like a Turk hard up in London, who has bought a second-hand suit of English clothes that don’t fit him.” In the Mahdi's Grasp "Come back!" yelled the skipper, jamming the helm hard up, as the schooner flew up into the wind. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Yes, I believe that they have gone off to Tonga or Fiji, trying to light upon 'the Home Beautiful,' and are very hard up. The Call Of The South 1908 Yes, as I was saying, I became even harder up.' The House of Souls "You must be hard up for a job," he said. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Keep her away or you’ll be on to her; hard up, sir! Turned Adrift Immediately after this badinage he ordered Thompson, who was at the helm, to put it hard up; and then wore ship and sailed out seawards. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 "Shall us 'hard up,' and try it again at day light?" suggested the mate. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers He was very polite, and said that he was hard up for several things, but would only trouble me for some biscuit and water. The Three Midshipmen I would have gone for the theatre people," he told the writer, "if they had had any money, but the man who 'played' me was the lessee of the theatre and was hard up. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 Hard up, Mr Temple; hard up, sir, and keep her broad away, or that chap’ll run us down.” Turned Adrift Now that he is hard up he practises on others what was practised on himself. The Opal Serpent "He has four youngsters, and I knows they be hard up," he began. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers “Faith, a fellow must be hard up before he could eat that,” said Desmond; “try another.” The Three Commanders They are very hard up for food, I am afraid, and it is not the pleasantest of countries to live in.” The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Up helm, quartermaster, hard up with it, and let her go off again! A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy And, though their well-to-do friends were beginning to talk of new model cars and going abroad once more, the Quentins continued to be hard up. The House of Toys "Pull steady," said Frank calmly, as he put the helm hard up. The Boat Club or, The Bunkers of Rippleton For the Colonel and certain remote authorities behind the Colonel believed in working the battalion hard up to the last moment. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 They may, at all events, be hard up for food, wherever they are.” The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. But the squirrels in this particular locality evidently got pretty hard up before spring, for they developed a new source of food-supply. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers You married against my advice, but it's no credit to me to have my relatives hard up and in debt. The House of Toys He was hard up—very hard up—and wanted to know whether we could give him anything to do. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The days that I was hard up, I never shall forget. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands “He won’t fail if——” “Well he’s hard up—he wants money——” Burt spoke as though the fact were a crime. The Man from the Bitter Roots You did; we are short of provender and hard up for tools. Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin "My operations in Wall street have not been fortunate of late," resumed the stranger; "and I am in consequence hard up." The Telegraph Boy An occasional "tramp" may be encountered hard up, and in search of work. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The days that I was hard up— I may be well off yet. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands “A good many men have been ‘hard up’ and needed money before they succeeded,” Helen pleaded. The Man from the Bitter Roots Then the poet was never hard up for a rhyme, Then the milk and the honey flew free and were prime, And the voice of the turtle was heard in the land. The Book of Humorous Verse At the time of your father’s death I was extremely hard up myself and thought they were better able to care for her than I was.” Chicken Little Jane “Are you hard up in this sleepy place?” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites "So you know, if you are a bit hard up—why—it's all perfectly simple, Nellie, don't you know." The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She told me she bought it from a Japanese acrobat who was out of an engagement and desperately hard up. Tales of Fantasy and Fact "If we were hard up, wouldn't you like somebody to send you something for Christmas?" Carl and the Cotton Gin "Well, as I said, I was pretty hard up, but I had this sparkler left for 'fall money,' and when I saw that snake I pushed it over my uncle's counter." Side Show Studies They know the country we have come through, and probably think we are harder up for water than is the case.” In the Wilds of Africa And I put the helm hard up, and the Hispaniola swung round rapidly, and ran stem on for the low wooded shore. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 He heard that you are hard up just now, and that you are going up the river a considerable distance to hunt—is not that so?” The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains You must have been dreadful hard up for mountains, to call that one. Janet's Love and Service Then, too, he was going to leave school and be a merchant next year—and I'd help him now and then, if he got hard up, wouldn't I? A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" And for food he need not be hard up, nor has he been for a single day. The Death Shot A Story Retold She hasn’t said a word to me about it—she never would to anyone—but I happen to know it for a fact: she is hard up. The Nebuly Coat |
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