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the cupboard is bare

the cupboard is bare phrase: there is little to no food or money.

Phrase

the cupboard is bare

  1. (idiomatic) There is little to no food or money.

Questions about the cupboard is bare

What does the cupboard is bare mean?
The cupboard is bare means there is little to no food or money.
What part of speech is the cupboard is bare?
The cupboard is bare is a phrase.

Words near the cupboard is bare in the dictionary

  1. the cow is out of the barn
  2. the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it
  3. the cowl does not make the monk
  4. the craft
  5. the crap out of
  6. the cupboard is bare
  7. the cure is worse than the disease
  8. the curtain comes down
  9. the curtain falls
  10. the curtains match the drapes
  11. the customer is always right

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