come up hard

1. Grow up poor. (Urban slang, probably from Southern slang.)

"Trouble Man," by Marvin Gaye
"I come up hard, baby,
But now I`m cool.
I didn` make it, sugah,
Playin' by the rules."

"The Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Why," by Phillip L. Berman
"Hell, we come up hard . . . We were so damn poor you had to work to feed your stomeach instead of goin' to school."

by T. Cool April 28, 2013

rode hard and put up wet

a term that originated with people that ride horses, since you are supposed to brush them and groom them after a workout; now used to refer to the way a promiscuous woman looks

That overpainted middle-aged hussy looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet.

by Winsi June 19, 2004

rode hard and put up wet

describes having completed difficult or harsh, unrelenting work; it refers to the poor care of horses;

the words "hard" and "wet" also lend themselves to sexual innuendo, though they are not part of the original meaning

I just finished a 12 hour shift. I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

These kids have worked my nerves! I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

Related idioms: worked like a Hebrew slave; worked like a white-mouthed mule

by almost doctor April 16, 2014

up to hard eight

(adverb) badly, that you're jonesing, to the max, extremely, absolutely and suchlike...

do you want to come with us? - up to hard eight!! (of course)
I want it up to hard eight! (very badly)
buy whisky up to hard eight! (buy all the bottles of whisky in the store)
I was drunk up to hard eight (I was extremely drunk)

by FrankieHamish December 29, 2006

shut up, my one brain cell is working very hard right now

When you go too school and they ask you " what is 3x*9g/7^r.33333333333333333333" then goes over to your desk and says "HURRY UP LARRY THE ANSWER IS DO AT THE END OF CLASS"

Teacher: " what is 3x*9g/7^r.33333333333333333333"

You: Shut up, my one brain cell is working very hard right now!!!

by greencreeper244 April 10, 2018

I'm up against a hard break

When your wife, kids, or boss are arguing with you and you want to end it. Signaling the conversation is DEFINITELY OVER.
Used frequently by news anchors.

Wife: Baby, you know that trip I was talking about and the car I wanted, and the dinner party you said you would go to?

Husband: Sorry hon, I'm up against a hard break.

by spudsNbuds February 22, 2011