pull the devil by the tail
dirt-poor
poverty-ridden
ultrapoverty
the wolf is at the door
struggling
impoverishment
nouveau pauvre
scuffle
micher
ultrapoor
privation
reduced circumstances
want
destitute
down and out
misery
povvo
res angusta domi
neediness
deprivation
mitching
poorness
destitution
beggar
pauper
need
pauperage
disadvantaged
indigence
pauperism
poor as a church mouse
penury
pauperization
rags to riches
emptyhandedness
on the breadline
breadliner
impoverish
poor as Job
indigent
ptochology
dollarless
penurious
ghetto lottery
down-and-out
impoverishedly
underwater
hard up
impoverished
poverty-stricken
needy
plutomanic
necessitous
deprived
undermoneyed
subaffluent
immiserated
beggary
arm
fail at life
poverty is a state of mind
feel the pinch
submerged
potless
strapped for money
primary poverty
cash-starved
strapped for cash
poormouth
impoverishedness
skint
unwealth
mean
beggarly
poverty
poverty line
poverty level
wealthless
free-rider problem
penceless
being poor is a mindset
sufferation
on one's uppers
land poor
whip the cat
poor