flat broke

基本解释

After a brief stint in Anahiem we finally settled in Arizona– and we were flat broke.
在阿纳赫姆逗留了一段时间，我们最终定居亚利桑那，但我们身无分文。
He spent the early 80s living in south London bedsits, flat broke and lonely, working on his craft as a comedian.
他在上世纪80年代早期都住在南伦敦的一室卧房中，身无分文而孤独地研究作为一个喜剧演员的技巧。
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.
乐观主义者，就是身无分文还敢到餐馆里叫生蚝，指望在里面找到一颗珍珠足够支付这顿餐费的人。

His campaign is by one accounting flat broke.
NPR: GOP Presidential Fundraising Struggles
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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