迷你对话：

A: Please lend me some money.

借点钱给我，好吗？

B: OK, do you want it urgently?

没问题，你有急用吗？

A: Yeah, I really want it. I am on my uppers.

对，我真的非常急需这笔钱。

B: Right, here you are.

好吧，给你。

A: Thanks.

谢谢。

地道表达：

on one’s uppers

解词释义：

这个习语字面意思是指把鞋子的鞋底都磨破了，只好拿鞋面来当鞋底穿着走路，当然这是不可能办到，因此用以比喻“人处于极其穷困潦倒的境地”。

支持范例：

He was on his uppers when I came across him.

我是在他穷困潦倒时碰见他的。

Mr. Green had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers.

格林先生已失业好几个月了，现在生活十分困难。

People should lend him a helpful hand; he's really on his uppers.

人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。

I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems on his uppers.

我相信他是伯爵的小儿子，不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。