Usage examples of "short of" in English with translation to Spanish

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The trouble is that I am short of money these days. El problema es que ando corto de dinero estos días.
It will not be long before the world runs short of food. No tardará mucho antes de que el mundo se quede sin alimento.
I'm short of money. Ando mal de dinero.
I am short of money. Estoy mal de dinero.
We ran short of money. Estamos cortos de dinero.
Tom is running short of money. Tom se está quedando escaso de dinero.
We may be short of chairs. Puede que nos falten sillas.
I am running short of memory. Me estoy quedando corto de memoria.
It fell short of my expectation. Está bajo mis expectativas.
I'm very short of money. Estoy muy corto de dinero.
He is always short of money. Él siempre tiene problemas de dinero.
Ah, we have run short of sugar. Ah, se nos ha acabado el azúcar.
It seemed that he was short of money. Parecía que él estaba corto de dinero.
I'm short of cash at the moment. Momentáneamente estoy corto de efectivo.
Our escape was nothing short of a miracle. Nuestro escape no fue otra cosa que un milagro.
We will run short of oil some day. Algún día se nos agotará el petróleo.
Our country is running short of energy resources. A nuestro país se le están agotando los recursos energéticos.
I am short of money for my trip. No tengo bastante dinero para mi viaje.
I'm a bit short of money now. Ahora ando un poco escaso de dinero.
Everyone seems to be short of money these days. En estos tiempos todo el mundo parece andar falto de dinero.
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