out+at+the+elbows
101down at the heel — Synonyms and related words: beat up, bedraggled, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereft, blowzy, careless, chintzy, deprived, dilapidated, disadvantaged, dowdy, down at heel, down at the heels, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, fleeced,… …
102elbow — /el boh/, n. 1. the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm. 2. the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped. See diag. under horse. 3. something bent like an elbow, as a sharp turn in a road or river, or a piece of …
103elbow — [el′bō΄] n. [ME elbowe < OE elboga < PGmc * alino boga (> Ger ellenbogen): see ELL2 & BOW2] 1. a) the joint between the upper and lower arm; esp., the outer part of the angle made by a bent arm b) the joint corresponding to this in the… …
104elbow — n 1. bend of the arm, ancon, funny bone, crazy bone; bend, fluxure, fold, sharp turn, right angle, corner, crook. 2. at one’s elbow nearby, close by, at hand, within reach, handy; at one s finger tips, under one s nose. 3. bend, lift or crook an… …
105poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
106poor — adj 1. destitute, poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; penniless, indigent, poor as Job s turkey, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it …
107poor — I. a. 1. Indigent, needy, necessitous, pinched, straitened. 2. Penniless, moneyless, impecunious, destitute, distressed, poverty stricken, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the… …
108impoverished — adj 1. poverty stricken, destitute, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; indigent, poor, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off, Sl. in rough or tough shape; pinched, straitened, distressed, in a bad way, Inf. strapped, tight, in a bind …
109destitute — adj 1. poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; indigent, poor, needy, necessitous, bad off, badly off; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it, Inf. on one s uppers, Inf. hard up;… …
110indigent — adj 1. poverty stricken, impoverished, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; destitute, poor, needy, necessitous, barefoot, ragged, bad off, badly off; beggarly, mendicant; pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against… …
