feel the pinch

English

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Verb

feel the pinch (third-person singular simple present feels the pinch, present participle feeling the pinch, simple past and past participle felt the pinch)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.

   Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.

Translations

to suffer a hardship

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手頭拮据 (shǒutóu jiéjū)

• Finnish: tuntea nahoissaan
• Italian: essere con l'acqua alla gola
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• Russian: затяну́ть реме́нь (zatjanútʹ reménʹ), положи́ть зу́бы на по́лку (ru) (položítʹ zúby na pólku)
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