On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:19:33 -0500, Joy Beeson
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jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
"Never carry an empty bottle away from a source of potable water" is a >bike-survival rule, so I topped off my bottle with softenered water
from a drinking fountain. On the road, I tasted it, thought "I might
get hard up enough to drink this, but I don't have to drink it
*first*", and swapped it for the back-up bottle, still filled with
water I'd brought from home.
Ever since, I've been wondering about "hard up". I know what "hard"
means, and I know what "up" means, but if you put the two meanings
together, they don't mean "hard up".
https://www.etymonline.com/word/hard-up
hard-up (adj.)
"in difficulties," especially "short of money," 1821, slang; it was
earlier a nautical expression, in reference to steering.
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