So if I've got 2 pound 50 per portion, that gives me a fiver to spend, and for 4.99 you can get excellent bottle of Primitivo. - Absolutely not. Not a chance.
There are degrees in being hard up. We are all hard up, more or less—most of us more. Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling. Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver.
Went over the other side of the bar and I made it appear as if I didn't have enough money for a pint, which got him talking to me, just chucked a fiver at me and said, get yourself a pint.