short of money

基本解释

This time they have to fight because they are so short of money.
这次他们必须得反击，因为他们太缺钱了。
When she performs in china, the Chinese fans give her a lot of support, but she just boasts this and even said she comes to china if short of money.
当她在中国表演时中国的粉丝们给了她很多的支持，但是她只是吹嘘这些，甚至还说钱紧张的时候会来中国演出。
By the same token, Venezuela’s national oil company is so short of money that it has not been paying the oilfield-services firms it uses as subcontractors.
出于同样的原因，委内瑞拉的国有企业由于资金短缺只能拖欠那些作为转包商的油田服务公司应付的款项。

The next year, the government found itself short of money.
Even though the deposits are short-term and the depositor can get the money at any time, the depositor is earning interest of a level that can only be made on long-term loans.
即使是短期存款,存款人可以随时取走存款,存款人也可获取仅从长期贷款中,才可得到的利息水平
耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选
"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

Because they are usually short of money and can buy new players only by selling existing ones.
ECONOMIST: The quixotic appeal of exotic assets