"sandwich generation" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "So called because they are \"sandwiched\" between the preceding and succeeding generations.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sandwich generations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sandwich generation (plural sandwich generations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generation of people whose lifestyle is governed by the fact that they must simultaneously care for the needs of their children and their own elderly parents; often with reference to the generation comprising those who are the children of baby boomers (Generation X and/or Generation Y)."
      ],
      "id": "en-sandwich_generation-en-noun-rGcRzCxn",
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "baby boomer",
          "baby boomer"
        ],
        [
          "Generation X",
          "Generation X"
        ],
        [
          "Generation Y",
          "Generation Y"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Oregon Trail Generation"
        },
        {
          "word": "xennial"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "children of baby boomers who simultaneously care for their children and their parents",
          "word": "szendvicsgeneráció"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sandwich generation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sandwich generation"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "So called because they are \"sandwiched\" between the preceding and succeeding generations.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sandwich generations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sandwich generation (plural sandwich generations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Oregon Trail Generation"
    },
    {
      "word": "xennial"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generation of people whose lifestyle is governed by the fact that they must simultaneously care for the needs of their children and their own elderly parents; often with reference to the generation comprising those who are the children of baby boomers (Generation X and/or Generation Y)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ],
        [
          "baby boomer",
          "baby boomer"
        ],
        [
          "Generation X",
          "Generation X"
        ],
        [
          "Generation Y",
          "Generation Y"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "sandwich generation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "children of baby boomers who simultaneously care for their children and their parents",
      "word": "szendvicsgeneráció"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sandwich generation"
}