down-and-out

MI5, the U.K.’s domestic spy agency, said that Chinese authorities dispatched a Chinese businessman to cultivate a relationship with the down-and-out prince in a bid to promote the interest of the Communist Party.

And now it’s a problem, because the once down-and-out Phillies are revived and refreshed and believing.

That typified The Times’ approach to the down-and-out well into the 20th century.

A down-and-out man is approached by a mysterious, well-dressed figure who uses a simple kid’s game to test his want of money against his tolerance for pain and humiliation.

In her 2024 book “Stolen Pride,” one down-and-out Kentucky man summed it up, asking, “If it’s such a privilege to be born a white male, what could explain me except my own personal failure?”