"feel the pinch" meaning in All languages combined

See feel the pinch on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-feel the pinch.ogg Forms: feels the pinch [present, singular, third-person], feeling the pinch [participle, present], felt the pinch [participle, past], felt the pinch [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feel<,,felt> the pinch}} 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. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (to suffer a hardship): 手頭拮据 (shǒutóu jiéjū) (Chinese Mandarin), tuntea nahoissaan (Finnish), essere con l'acqua alla gola (Italian), затяну́ть реме́нь (zatjanútʹ reménʹ) (Russian), положи́ть зу́бы на по́лку (položítʹ zúby na pólku) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, informal) To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure."
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "shǒutóu jiéjū",
          "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
          "word": "手頭拮据"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
          "word": "tuntea nahoissaan"
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          "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
          "word": "essere con l'acqua alla gola"
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          "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
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      "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
      "word": "手頭拮据"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
      "word": "tuntea nahoissaan"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
      "word": "essere con l'acqua alla gola"
    },
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      "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
      "word": "затяну́ть реме́нь"
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      "sense": "to suffer a hardship",
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    }
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}

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