circumstances
bad off
badly off
fall on hard times
hard put
hard-pressed
in a bad way
distressed
hard nut to crack
tough nut to crack
busted valise
financial
fiscal
penuriousness
above water
fiscally
quids in
pound-foolish
in fiscal matters
moneyite
see through
pocketbook
low water
underwater
hard up
distress
straiten
banking
keep one's head above water
downsizing
back-ganging
retrenchment
underfinancing
curtailment
Micawberism
weakness
penny-pinching
fundlessness
cash-strapped
tide over
financialized
disadvantaged
out of pocket
pinch
lucripetous
bankrupt
belly-up
financially
shylock
usurer