See in a pinch on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ピンチ"
},
"expansion": "Japanese: ピンチ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Japanese: ピンチ (pinchi)"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prepositional phrase",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "in a pinch",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "in a pinch",
"name": "en-PP"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's not a great fashion statement, but in a pinch a large trash bag will keep you dry.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available."
],
"id": "en-in_a_pinch-en-prep_phrase--k1oTETI",
"links": [
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when push comes to shove"
},
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when the chips are down"
},
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when the gloves come off"
},
{
"word": "at a pinch"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "الشده"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "在緊要關頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zài jǐnyào guāntóu",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "在紧要关头"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "pinteessä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "à la rigueur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "à la limite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "im Notfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "notfalls"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "zur Not"
},
{
"alt": "いざというときに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iza toyū toki-ni",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "いざと言う時に"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "iš bėdos"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "w ostateczności"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "em caso de emergência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v trúdnuju minútu",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в тру́дную мину́ту"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v slúčaje nuždý",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в слу́чае нужды́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v krájnem slúčaje",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в кра́йнем слу́чае"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "en un apuro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "om det kniper"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-in a pinch.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg"
}
],
"word": "in a pinch"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ピンチ"
},
"expansion": "Japanese: ピンチ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Japanese: ピンチ (pinchi)"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prepositional phrase",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "in a pinch",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "in a pinch",
"name": "en-PP"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep_phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English prepositional phrases",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's not a great fashion statement, but in a pinch a large trash bag will keep you dry.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available."
],
"links": [
[
"urgent",
"urgent"
],
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-in a pinch.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/En-au-in_a_pinch.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when push comes to shove"
},
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when the chips are down"
},
{
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "when the gloves come off"
},
{
"word": "at a pinch"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "الشده"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "在緊要關頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zài jǐnyào guāntóu",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "在紧要关头"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "pinteessä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "à la rigueur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "à la limite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "im Notfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "notfalls"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "zur Not"
},
{
"alt": "いざというときに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iza toyū toki-ni",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "いざと言う時に"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "iš bėdos"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "w ostateczności"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "em caso de emergência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v trúdnuju minútu",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в тру́дную мину́ту"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v slúčaje nuždý",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в слу́чае нужды́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v krájnem slúčaje",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "в кра́йнем слу́чае"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "en un apuro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a difficult situation",
"word": "om det kniper"
}
],
"word": "in a pinch"
}
Download raw JSONL data for in a pinch meaning in All languages combined (4.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.