stonk, stonking, cash-strapped, horrifying, horrified, burn a hole in one's pocket/wallet

Every mass shooting in the US this year, in one horrifying map

Since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, which cost 11 lives and a stonking $43 billion, BP has been slimming. The oil giant has sold more than $40 billion of assets, cutting its size by a third, as it continues to fight (and mainly lose) lawsuits and appeals. Cheap oil is adding a new edge to its woes http://econ.st/1yrrgtN
Travellers have long known that the richer a country, the more likely a visit is to burn a hole in their wallets. A recent survey by Tripadvisor, a travel website, put Oslo, the capital of super-rich Norway, as the world's priciest destination. But near the top of the sticker-shock rankings is a surprise entry: upper-middle-income Brazil. Why is Brazil so pricey? http://econ.st/170Qi1s



Editorial: Subsidize Students, Not Tax Cuts

House Republicans seem more interested in cutting taxes than they are in helping financially strapped students get a college education.


Once a symbol of poverty, the lowly wood burning stove is making a stonking comeback among cash-strapped Greeks horrified by the soaring costs of central heating as winter begins.
曾經是貧窮象徵、出身卑微的木炭爐現在卻在希臘重新開始流行起來，因為隨著冬天腳步到來，手頭拮据的希臘人都被節節高漲的中央系統暖氣開銷嚇壞了。

strapped[strapped]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[strǽpt]

[形]((略式))金に困った.


horrify
(hôr'ə-fī', hŏr'-)
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To cause to feel horror. See synonyms at dismay.
2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock.

[Latin horrificāre, from horrificus, horrific. See horrific.]

horrification hor'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
horrifyingly hor'ri·fy'ing·ly adv.

military slang

Definition of stonk in English:

NOUN

A concentrated artillery bombardment:a mortar stonk

VERB

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Bombard with concentrated artillery fire:woods and farmsteads were routinely stonked by German guns

Origin

1940s: said to be formed from elements of the artillery term Standard Regimental Concentration.

stonking
adjective
adjective
Excellent, great, fantastic. Also as adverb, very, extremely. (1980 —) .
Independent When they've got their dosh, they go out and have a stonking good time (1990). Hence stonker noun Something large or excellent of its type. (1987 —) .
Observer Food Monthly There's not a whole heap of Sangiovese Down Under...But this is a stonker (2007).

[From stonk verb + -ing.]

burn a hole in one's pocket

 

〈金が〉すぐ出ていってしまう, なくなる；（金を）使いたくてうずうずする.