feel the pinch en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.
The tramway was offered to the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway, but that company expressed no interest in it. Then the tramway proprietors decided to electrify their line, and cut the fares by half, and the railway was soon feeling the pinch.
1954 May, H. Fayle, “Dublin Suburban Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 300:Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| feels the pinch | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| feeling the pinch | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| felt the pinch | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| felt the pinch | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
it essere con l'acqua alla gola (to suffer a hardship) · ru испы́тывать тру́дности (to suffer a hardship) · fi tuntea nahoissaan (to suffer a hardship) · pl odczuć niedobór (to suffer a hardship) · ru находи́ться в затрудни́тельном положе́нии (to suffer a hardship) · fr peiner à joindre les deux bouts (to suffer a hardship) · cmn 手頭拮据 /手头拮据 (to suffer a hardship) · es pasarlo mal, pasarlas canutas (to suffer a hardship) · fr devoir se serrer la ceinture (to suffer a hardship) · pl odczuwać niedobór (to suffer a hardship)