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"word": "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
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"word": "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people"
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"word": "stone broke"
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"ref": "1973, “Photograph”, in Ringo, performed by Ringo Starr",
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"ref": "1983, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Transit News, volume 36, page 8",
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"ref": "2011, Mike Major, Fran Devereux Smith, Ranch-Horse Versatility: A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "platsak"
},
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
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],
"word": "مُفْلِس"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "kras"
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"roman": "razoren",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "разорен"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "pelat"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "手頭緊"
},
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "手头紧"
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"word": "手緊"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "手紧"
},
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"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "沒錢"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "méiqián",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "没钱"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "na mizině"
},
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"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "švorc"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "flad"
},
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "blut"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "senmona"
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"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "rahaton"
},
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"tags": [
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"tags": [
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "fauché"
},
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "a pan pedir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "pleite"
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"word": "abgebrannt"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "άφραγκος"
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},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "in bancarotta"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
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"word": "fallito"
},
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "すっからかん"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "mone"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "blakk"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
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"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "quebrado"
},
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"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
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"word": "duro"
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"word": "liso"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "lefter"
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"roman": "razorívšijsja",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "разори́вшийся"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "разорённый"
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"roman": "bezdénežnyj",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "безде́нежный"
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "без гроша́"
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"roman": "obankrótivšijsja",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "обанкро́тившийся"
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"roman": "na melí",
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"word": "на мели́"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "švorc"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "шворц"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "pelado"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin un duro"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin un peso"
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{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin blanca"
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{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "tieso"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 40 0 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "a dos velas"
},
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "msoto"
},
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "meteliksiz"
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"ref": "1880, James Dunbar, The Practical Papermaker: A Complete Guide to the Manufacture of Paper, page 12",
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"ref": "1914, The World's Paper Trade Review Volume 62, page 204",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "шворц"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "pelado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin un duro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin un peso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "sin blanca"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "tieso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "a dos velas"
},
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "msoto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "pank"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
"word": "meteliksiz"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "bankrút",
"sense": "lacking money; bankrupt",
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