Q10: I'm hard up these days (Alternate ways of saying this thing, please)

I hard up these days for (friends)=I currently have no friends, or money or social life, and etc.

Teachers, .... thanks a lot.

Teachers, can I say these, too, please?

- I'm having financial difficulties (these days).
- Money is really tight these days.
- I'm in dire financial straits.

Thanks.

LaboriousTeachers, can I say these, too, please?
- I'm having financial difficulties (these days).
- Money is really tight these days.
- I'm in dire financial straits.

Yes.

A slang word used in the UK is "skint". I'm not sure if people in other English-speaking countries would necessarily understand it.

GPYA slang word used in the UK is "skint". I'm not sure if people in other English-speaking countries would necessarily understand it.

Related to this is the slang term "boracic" -- from "boracic lint", rhyming slang for "skint".

This is somewhat obscure. I mention it purely for interest ... not recommending that you use it!

Thanks once again, teachers!

GPYA slang word used in the UK is "skint"

Is it used as a noun or an adjective, GPY? I mean to ask how one would put that in a sentence, please.

LaboriousIs it used as a noun or an adjective

What does your dictionary say?

LaboriousIs it used as a noun or an adjective, GPY? I mean to ask how one would put that in a sentence, please.

That is an adjective, used just like "broke".

— Lend us a fiver, will you?
— Sorry mate, I'm completely skint.

("fiver" = five-pound note; "us" = colloquial for "me".)

Aspara GusWhat does your dictionary say?

Sorry, I hadn't looked it up in a dictionary. I think I should have tried to find out (whether it was a 'noun' or an 'adjective') myself first.