stone broke

== English == === Alternative forms === stone-broke === Etymology === From stone (“absolutely, completely”) + broke, probably under the influence of earlier expressions such as hard up. === Adjective === stone broke (not comparable) (slang) Synonym of broke: without any money. ==== Derived terms ==== stony broke === References === “stone broke”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “broke, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888. “stone, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1917.