be penniless be cleaned out not have a feather to fly with not to have a bean without a penny to one´s name
We aren´t too badly off but we can´t afford a house like that.
我们并不是一文不名,但我们负担不起那样的房子。
—— 给力词典精选He died penniless in Paris.
他死在巴黎,一文不名。
—— 给力词典精选He lived well, helping the poor, and all other people; he died penniless and unknown.
他生前讲道德, 总是帮助穷人以及所有的人; 后来却一文不名,默默无闻地死了。
—— 给力词典精选She did not have a penny to her name.
她一文不名。
—— 辞典例句Penniless, he begins to write, which is to earn him a living.
他一文不名, 开始以写作为生。
—— 辞典例句