In the red

• Like a bounced check
• Like an insufficient account
• Bank's bad news
• Financially embarrassed? That may be exaggerated
• Pulled too much into the red
• Last kipper tie in range is exaggerated

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ If you are overdrawn , there's a $25 fee to pay. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I have been charged twice in one month for one small overdrawn amount. ▪ Lord Alexander is against the Government's policy of a spending-led ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account" to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate , exaggerate , hyperbolize , hyerbolise , magnify , amplify ...