hard up

不足している

何かが不足していて、もっと必要としている状態。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： be hard up for something (They are hard up for money this month.)

類義語： short, in need

よく使う表現： hard up for cash, hard up for money

不足している

必要なものや欲しいものが十分にない状態。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： be hard up for something (We were hard up for ideas for the party.)

類義語： short, lacking

よく使う表現： hard up for ideas, hard up for space

切羽詰まっている

何かを強く求めるあまり、普段なら断るような選択も受け入れる状態。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： desperate

よく使う表現： so hard up, that hard up