running on empty
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]
Words nearby running on empty
running knot,
running light,
running martingale,
running mate,
running myrtle,
running on empty,
running pine,
running repairs,
running rhythm,
running rigging,
running room