Correct Answer : 1 [hard up]

Notes: Poor people in Australia who are hard up for cash may seek financial assistance from the Salvation Army.

Correct Answer : 2 [hard cash]

Notes: Many small businesses just starting choose to accept cold hard cash as their only method of payment.

Correct Answer : 3 [hard core]

Notes: My parents wouldn't permit me to listen to hard core heavy metal music when I was growing up.

Correct Answer : 4 [hard boiled]

Notes: Yesterday I taught my daughter how to cook a hard boiled egg for breakfast.

Correct Answer : 5 [hard headed]

Notes: My former boss was so hard headed that he often refused to listen to the opinions of his subordinates.

Correct Answer : 6 [hard copy]

Notes: Applicants for the sales position are required to submit a hard copy of their CV by Thursday, May 17th 2006 at the latest.

Correct Answer : 7 [hard court]

Notes: Many amateur tennis players find it much easier to play tennis on a hard court surface as opposed to playing on a surface that is made from grass.

Correct Answer : 8 [hard hearted]

Notes: The hard hearted dictator refused to grant clemency to his imprisoned political opponents.

Correct Answer : 9 [hard pressed]

Notes: Employees at the garment factory were forced to work twelve hour shifts as they were hard pressed for time to complete the order.

Correct Answer : 10 [hardware]

Notes: James needed to go to the hardware store to purchase a new door for his holiday house.