- down-and-out
- down-and-out1. having no money or means of support. •
There are many young people down-and-out in the city.
•John gambled away all his fortune and is now completely down-and-out.
2. someone who is impoverished. •There were a couple of down-and-outs sleeping under the railway bridge.
•The down-and-out touched Martin for a fiver.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.