down-and-out
- n a person who is destitute
he tried to help the down-and-out - s lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
- Turning an old parking lot into a working farm not only helps reduce a city's carbon footprint but can also generate revenue for a down-and-out part of town.
- Just 43, he's a self-made billionaire who mixes bets on down-and-out investments with unnatural patience.
- Murphy sets up the comedy by giving this big idea a humble setting: the down-and-out glee club of William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.