Idiom
cry cupboard
Meaning
To want or need food; to show signs of hunger.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am hungry and the cupboard is bare.”
“We need to go grocery shopping soon because the cupboard is bare.”
“After the long winter, the villagers realized the cupboard was bare and they had to ration their remaining supplies.”
Examples
simple
“I am hungry and the cupboard is bare.”
contextual
“We need to go grocery shopping soon because the cupboard is bare.”
complex
“After the long winter, the villagers realized the cupboard was bare and they had to ration their remaining supplies.”
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