he's out of pocket
he has no money
TRANSLATION
(to be) out of pocket = ohne Geld, pleite out-of-pocket expenses = Zahlung aus der eigenen Tasche --- GOOGLE INDEX out of pocket: approximately 20,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Music and sports fans are being warned not to be tricked by the increasing number of fake online ticketing sites. "Once consumers have paid, the tickets aren't delivered, leaving fans disappointed and often hundreds of pounds OUT OF POCKET."
(BBC News)
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While this won't do anything to lower your OUT-OF-POCKET health costs, it will certainly lower your tax liability.
(Reuters News Service)
(BBC News)
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While this won't do anything to lower your OUT-OF-POCKET health costs, it will certainly lower your tax liability.
(Reuters News Service)
Did you
know?
out of pocket
idiom
- without funds or assets
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The expression "out of pocket" goes all the way back to the late 17th century and means "having no money". Since pocket has been associated with money for as long as anyone can remember, one can imagine that being "out of pocket" stems simply from the idea of having empty pockets.
The expression took on an additional sense in modern times and refers to paying for something usually covered elsewhere. For instance, an out-of-pocket business expense is one that your company does not pay and which comes out of your own pocket. Medical bills that are not covered under a health insurance plan are often called "out of pocket."
A third definition, which originated mainly in the U.S. in the 1970's, is the sense of "unavailable, unreachable". In 2009, the governor of the state of South Carolina disappeared for a few days. When asked, a state senator replied, "Nobody knows where the governor is. He's out of pocket. They've been looking for him since Thursday." As it turns out, he was in Argentina having a love affair. The trip left South Carolina taxpayers around $21,000 out of pocket.
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SYNONYMS
beggared, broke, dirt poor, penniless, strapped, tapped out
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"We have to delay our holiday to Greece until next year. We're out of pocket at the moment."
idiom
- without funds or assets
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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The expression "out of pocket" goes all the way back to the late 17th century and means "having no money". Since pocket has been associated with money for as long as anyone can remember, one can imagine that being "out of pocket" stems simply from the idea of having empty pockets.
The expression took on an additional sense in modern times and refers to paying for something usually covered elsewhere. For instance, an out-of-pocket business expense is one that your company does not pay and which comes out of your own pocket. Medical bills that are not covered under a health insurance plan are often called "out of pocket."
A third definition, which originated mainly in the U.S. in the 1970's, is the sense of "unavailable, unreachable". In 2009, the governor of the state of South Carolina disappeared for a few days. When asked, a state senator replied, "Nobody knows where the governor is. He's out of pocket. They've been looking for him since Thursday." As it turns out, he was in Argentina having a love affair. The trip left South Carolina taxpayers around $21,000 out of pocket.
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SYNONYMS
beggared, broke, dirt poor, penniless, strapped, tapped out
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"We have to delay our holiday to Greece until next year. We're out of pocket at the moment."
