hard up

estar necesitado de algo

Tener muy poco de algo y necesitar mucho más.

En inglés sencillo: You have too little of something and really need more of it.

• We are hard up for cash.
• He was hard up for food after losing his job.
• Are they still hard up for money?

Cómo se usa: be hard up for something (They are hard up for money this month.)

Sinónimos: short, in need

Expresiones frecuentes: hard up for cash, hard up for money

estar falto de algo

No tener suficiente de algo que se necesita o se desea.

En inglés sencillo: If you lack something you need or want, you have too little of it.

• We are hard up for space.
• The club was hard up for volunteers.
• Are you really that hard up for ideas?

Cómo se usa: be hard up for something (We were hard up for ideas for the party.)

Sinónimos: short, lacking

Expresiones frecuentes: hard up for ideas, hard up for space

estar desesperado

Desear tanto algo que se aceptan opciones que normalmente se rechazarían.

En inglés sencillo: You want something so badly that you accept choices you would usually reject.

• She must be hard up to date him.
• I was hard up enough to accept any job.
• Are you that hard up for company?

Sinónimos: desperate

Expresiones frecuentes: so hard up, that hard up