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hurting
1. informal Experiencing financial distress or difficulty. A lot of shops around here have really been hurting because of the new tax law. Well, yeah, we've been hurting for money ever since Henry got laid off. I wonder why the places down here always seem to be hurtin'. Is it the lack of foot traffic?
2. colloquial Unappealing; in poor condition. This place is really hurting—you're going to have to do a ton of repairs and renovations. After dropping my phone so many times, the screen is really hurting. Well, this car may be hurtin' now, but it's been reliable for me since the day I bought it 20 years ago.
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hurt
1. mod. very ugly; damaged and ugly. (Streets. Similar to hurting.) That poor girl is really bad hurt.
2. mod. drug intoxicated. (Streets.) Gert was really hurt and nodding and drooling.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (it) can't/couldn't hurt (to do something)
- (it) can't/couldn't hurt to try
- (it) doesn't hurt to ask
- (it) never hurts to ask
- a little (hard) work never hurt anybody
- a little (hard) work never hurt anyone
- ache for
- butthurt
- cry before (one) is hurt
- cry before one is hurt
- doesn't hurt to ask. and never hurts to ask
- don't cry before you are hurt
- he, she, etc. wouldn't harm/hurt a fly
- hit (one) where it hurts (most)
- hit somebody where it hurts
- hurt
- hurt (one's) pride
- hurt feelings
- hurt for (someone or something)
- hurt for someone/something
- hurt like the devil
- hurt like the dickens
- hurting
- hurting for (someone or something)
- in a world of hurt
- in for a world of hurt
- it doesn't hurt to (have or do something)
- it won't hurt to (have or do something)
- it won't/wouldn't hurt somebody to do something
- it wouldn't hurt to (have or do something)
- little work never hurt anyone
- not hurt a flea
- not hurt a fly
- once hurt, twice shy
- sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
- sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me
- the truth hurts
- what (someone) doesn't know can't hurt them
- what (someone) doesn't know won't hurt them
- what one doesn't know won't hurt one
- What you don't know won't hurt you
- world of hurt
- Would it hurt to (do something)?
- wouldn't hurt a fly