flat broke

基本解釋

After a brief stint in Anahiem we finally settled in Arizona– and we were flat broke.
在阿納赫姆逗留了一段時(shí)間，我們最終定居亞利桑那，但我們身無(wú)分文。
He spent the early 80s living in south London bedsits, flat broke and lonely, working on his craft as a comedian.
他在上世紀(jì)80年代早期都住在南倫敦的一室臥房中，身無(wú)分文而孤獨(dú)地研究作為一個(gè)喜劇演員的技巧。
An optimist is someone who'd go into a restaurant flat broke, order oysters, and expect to pay his bill with the pearls he'll find inside.
樂(lè)觀主義者，就是身無(wú)分文還敢到餐館里叫生蠔，指望在里面找到一顆珍珠足夠支付這頓餐費(fèi)的人。

His campaign is by one accounting flat broke.
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The EFSF is supposed to raise the money through selling AAA bonds guaranteed by the European Union (many of whose members are flat broke), then give the money to the Spanish government which in turn doles it out to the spendthrift banks.
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