- flat broke
- flat broke & flat bustedFig. having no money at all. •
Sorry, I'm flat broke. Not a cent on me.
•You may be flat broke, but you will find a way to pay your electricity bill or you will live in the dark.
•Mary was flat busted, and it was two more weeks before she was due to get paid.
* * *See: STONE-BROKE.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.