ถังแตก

From ถัง (tǎng, “barrel”) +‎ แตก (dtɛ̀ɛk, “to break; to burst; to crack; etc”).

ถังแตก • (tǎng-dtɛ̀ɛk)

1. (ก๋วยเตี๋ยว~) a dish of noodles merely stir-fried with vegetables, traditionally considered a food of the poor.
2. (ขนม~) a pancake-like snack made of rice flour and coconut milk, topped with scraped coconut, sugar, and sesame seeds, traditionally sold at temple fairs at a low price.

ถังแตก • (tǎng-dtɛ̀ɛk) (abstract noun ความถังแตก)

1. (slang) broke: having run out of money.
   • 2021 June 9, “ขุนคลังรับถังแตก ต้องกู้ 5 แสนล้านมาสู้โควิด”, in ไทยโพสต์‎^[1], ไทยโพสต์, retrieved 29 January 2022:

     ขุนคลังรับ ต้องกู้ 5 แสนล้านมาสู้โควิด

     kǔn-klang ráp tǎng-dtɛ̀ɛk · dtɔ̂ng gûu · hâa · sɛ̌ɛn láan maa sûu koo-wìt

     The Treasurer accepts [that the Government] is broke [and] needs to take a five hundred billion [baht loan] to combat COVID.