At the end of one's resources, out of money, as in I don't know how much longer we can live this way--we're running on empty with no jobs in sight. This idiom refers to a car running when the gas gauge indicates it is out of fuel. [Second half of 1900s]
running on empty
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- The Way It Is (1996 Album by Valerie Carter)
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- Going Home [Video/DVD] (1996 Album by Jackson Browne)
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