English / idiom
I Don't Have Two Nickels to Rub Together
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To be extremely impoverished or completely out of money.
In context
01
After backpacking across South America for six months, I don't have two nickels to rub together.
02
He set out on his first cross-country exploration when he didn't have two nickels to rub together, relying on hitchhiking and hospitality.
Synonyms
flat broke,penniless,destitute
Antonyms
wealthy,well-off,affluent
Collocations
hardly have two nickels to rub together,not have two nickels to rub together,leave without two nickels to rub together