fall on hard times
Experience financial ruin
To fall on hard times is to experience a period of financial difficulty or misfortune after previously being better off.
The phrase implies a decline rather than chronic poverty: The family fell on hard times after the factory closed.
Someone who has fallen on hard times may need help they wouldn't have needed before.
- povertySevere lack of resources
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- job lossInvoluntary departure from work
- isolationComplete separation from others
anxiety · bankruptcy · perseverance · empty · beg · rebuilding · second chance · stigma · line · insolvency · tight budget · making ends meet · hand to mouth · food bank · despair · destitution · down and out · debt
fall on hard timesprosper
Succeed and flourish
strike it rich · hit the jackpot · make a fortune · thrive · make it big
fall on hard timesflourish
To grow vigorously
thrive · catch a break · turn one's life around · succeed · hit one's stride
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