Tra từ cupboard is bare - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

the cupboard is bare the ˌcupboard is ˈbare idiom (BrE)used to say that there is no money for sth • They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare. This expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog. Main entry: ↑cupboard_idiom