Short of money (4,2)
'short of money' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for hard up that I've seen before include "Short of money - it's tough at the top" , "Having little money, almost skint" , "boracic" , "It's not easy to be in straitened circumstances" , "Informally short of money - that's tough" .)
'short of money' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for strapped that I've seen before include "Without, or very short of, money" , "- - for cash (hard up)" , "beaten" , "in need of money" , "whipped" .)