be cleaned out

錢(qián)財(cái)被清空。

She's cleaned out by shopping on the internet.

網(wǎng)購(gòu)買(mǎi)買(mǎi)買(mǎi)后她就沒(méi)錢(qián)了。

haven't a bean

口袋里一顆豆都沒(méi)有，形容囊中羞澀。

I can't go to the concert to see my idol because I haven't a bean.

我去不了演唱會(huì)，因?yàn)槲覜](méi)錢(qián)了。

short/lack of money

金錢(qián)緊缺。

I am short of money recently.

最近我沒(méi)錢(qián)。

on one's uppers

極度貧窮，處境窘迫。

They are on their uppers so they have to rely on the support from government.

他們太窮了只能靠政府的資助。

keep the wolf from the door

拒狼門(mén)外。英語(yǔ)文化中，'wolf'(狼)是饑餓的象征。把饑餓擋于門(mén)外，形容免于饑餓，勉強(qiáng)度日。

She spent most of her money,now she can just keep the wolf from the door.

她花光了大部分的錢(qián)，現(xiàn)在只能勉強(qiáng)度日。

max out credit card

'max'基本意思是“最大值”；在此引申為“透支”信用卡。

I maxed out my credit card so I can't afford other stuff.

我透支了信用卡，已經(jīng)沒(méi)錢(qián)買(mǎi)其他東西了。

poor as a church mouse

教堂沒(méi)有廚房，因此里面的老鼠沒(méi)東西吃。窮得像教堂的老鼠，形容人一貧如洗，生活窘迫。

After a day at the races I was poor as a church mouse.

一天賽馬會(huì)下來(lái)，我已經(jīng)窮得響叮當(dāng)了。

Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty

　世上唯有貧窮可以不勞而獲