stony-broke

Also, stone or stony broke. Completely penniless. For example, I can't help you--I'm flat broke, or He's stone broke again. The first term dates from the mid-1800s and uses flat in the sense of "completely" or "downright." The variant dates from the late 1800s.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: lacking funds
  Synonyms: broke, bust, skint, stone-broke

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuldstændig fallit, på spanden

Français (French)
adj. - fauché, à sec

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Slang) völlig abgebrannt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (Βρετ., αργκό) απένταρος

Italiano (Italian)
in bolletta

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - quebrado

Русский (Russian)
полностью разоренный, оставшийся без всяких средств

Español (Spanish)
adj. - arruinado, sin un centavo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - urpank

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一文不名的, 身无分文的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 一文不名的, 身無分文的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 한 푼도 없는 , 파산한, 망한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 完全に一文無しの

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-כל, מרושש‬

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