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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
flat broke — See: STONE BROKE … Dictionary of American idioms
flat broke — (informal) Having no money whatsoever • • • Main Entry: ↑flat * * * flat ˈbroke idiom (BrE also stony ˈbroke) (informal) completely ↑broke … Useful english dictionary
flat broke — ► FINANCE, ACCOUNTING used to emphasize that someone or something has no money at all: »A spokesman said that the credit crunch had left the company flat broke . Main Entry: ↑broke … Financial and business terms
flat broke — index impecunious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
flat\ broke — • stone broke • dead broke • flat broke adj informal Having no money; penniless. Jill wanted to go to the movies but she was stone broke. The man gambled and was soon flat broke … Словарь американских идиом
flat broke — mod. 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flat broke — having no money, out of cash By the end of my first term at university, I was flat broke … English idioms
flat broke — have no money I have been flat broke since I stopped working last month … Idioms and examples
flat broke — penniless, bankrupt, destitute … English contemporary dictionary
flat broke — Penniless … A concise dictionary of English slang
