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down-and-out
[ doun-uhnd-out, -uhn ]
adjective
- without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
- without physical strength or stamina; disabled; incapacitated.
- too physically weakened by repeated defeats to qualify as a competent professional boxer.
noun
- Also down-and-outer. a person who is down-and-out.
down-and-out
adjective
- without any means of livelihood; impoverished and, often, socially outcast
noun
- a person who is destitute and, often, homeless; a social outcast or derelict
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of down-and-out1
Idioms and Phrases
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 .Example Sentences
"These are a group of elderly down-and-out thieves, they're always broke, they're forever involved in convoluted plans鈥 and they're facing a huge celebrity and they don't even know who she is."
That was like a complete down-and-out crying moment, and we just didn鈥檛 really know what was next.
Housing space was now just for patients, not simply down-and-out veterans.
After back-to-back losses to good teams, the Commanders take out their frustrations on the down-and-out Cowboys.
On her own talk show, she occasionally hired the most down-and-out standups to work in the writers room.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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