In Hard Times

[maving]

If someone is not doing well money-wise, do I write:

"He is in hard times."

or

"He is on hard times."
?

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to Using English, maving.:-D What a great thread title!

The standard idiom is to fall on hard times so we'd say 'He's fallen on hard times'.

We don't use 'to be on/in hard times'.

Rover

 

[emsr2d2]

You could say "He's having a hard time financially".