on uppers

on (one's) uppers

Informal

Impoverished; destitute.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aike	-	Frisian
Amalric	AM-əl-rik (English), ə-MAL-rik (English)	Ancient Germanic
Jenni	JEN-ee (English), YEN-nee (Finnish)	English, Finnish
Enya	EN-ya	Irish
Proctor	['prɔktə]
Hamida	-	Arabic