feel the pinch

feel the pinch
SUFFER HARDSHIP, be short of money, be poor, be impoverished.
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feel the pinch (informal)
To be in financial difficulties, to find life, work, etc difficult because of lack of money
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Main Entry: ↑pinch

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feel the pinch informal phrase
to have less money than you need

With rising interest rates, many homeowners are beginning to feel the pinch.

Thesaurus: to not have enough or any moneysynonym
Main entry: pinch

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I
see pinch
II
experience hardship, esp. financial

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feel the pinch
: to experience the problems caused by not having enough money or by paying higher costs

The family began to feel the pinch after the mother lost her job.

We are starting to feel the pinch of high fuel costs.

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Main Entry: ↑pinch

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feel the ˈpinch idiom
(informal) to not have enough money

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Lots of people who have lost their jobs are starting to feel the pinch.

Main entry: ↑feelidiom

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  • feel the pinch — {v. phr.} To be short of money; experience monetary difficulties. * /If we are going to have a recession, everybody will feel the pinch./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel the pinch — {v. phr.} To be short of money; experience monetary difficulties. * /If we are going to have a recession, everybody will feel the pinch./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel the pinch — ► to have problems with money because the things you need are too expensive or because your income has been reduced : »As oil prices rise, manufacturers are starting to feel the pinch. Main Entry: ↑feel …   Financial and business terms

  • feel the pinch — feel a little bit poorer, feel there is less money    Now that we have only one income, we feel the pinch …   English idioms

  • feel the pinch — If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • feel the pinch — ► feel the pinch experience financial hardship. Main Entry: ↑pinch …   English terms dictionary

  • feel the pinch —    If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    When someone feels the pinch, they begin to suffer from a lack of money.     With the drop in tourism,… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • feel\ the\ pinch — v. phr. To be short of money; experience monetary difficulties. If we are going to have a recession, everybody will feel the pinch …   Словарь американских идиом

  • feel the pinch — informal to have less money than you need With rising interest rates, many homeowners are beginning to feel the pinch …   English dictionary

  • feel the pinch — verb To suffer significant financial pressure. Working class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession …   Wiktionary

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