145 Down and out
(PW) having no money, no success
Although he was successful a few years ago, today I hear he’s down and out.
(free) down-and-out or down and out
adj.
1. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.
2. Incapacitated; prostrate.
n. also down-and-out·er: One who is down-and-out.
Adj (Sociology) without any means of livelihood; impoverished and, often, socially outcast
n. (Sociology) a person who is destitute and, often, homeless; a social outcast or derelict
(answer) adj.
Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.
Incapacitated; prostrate.
(MW) Function: adjective , Date: 1901
1 : destitute, impoverished
2 : physically weakened or incapacitated
(your)
down and out idiom
Lacking funds or prospects; destitute, penniless. For example, After losing his job, car, and home, he was completely down and out. This term probably originated in boxing, where it alludes to the fighter who is knocked down and stays down for a given time, thereby losing the bout. [c. 1900] Also see down for the count.
