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running on empty
Idioms and Phrases
At the end of one's resources, out of money, as in I don't know how much longer we can live this way—we're running on empty with no jobs in sight . This idiom refers to a car running when the gas gauge indicates it is out of fuel. [Second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
That could spell trouble for a Rangers side that may be running on empty.
"Was my body just running on empty, and then it said, 'Well, hang on, there's no way we can do this?'" she says.
But amateur female athletes who train intensively can also end up running on empty and seeing their periods stop, or become irregular.
Mr Bell has had medical issues this year including very high blood pressure: “It’s got to the stage where I’m running on empty.”
Dunne carved his own path, starring in the films “An American Werewolf in London,” “After Hours” and “Johnny Dangerously,” while producing movies that included “Running on Empty.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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