"hard-pressed" meaning in English

See hard-pressed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: hard-pressed
Etymology: : hard-pressed < hard + pressed
  1. πιέζομαι πολύ, έχω πολλά προβλήματα, ειδικά πάρα πολλή δουλειά και πολύ λίγο χρόνο ή χρήματα
    Sense id: el-hard-pressed-en-adj-thsftUMg
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  "etymology_text": ": hard-pressed < hard + pressed",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hard-pressed"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am hard-pressed for cash/for time.",
          "translation": "Πιέζομαι πολύ για μετρητά/για χρόνο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πιέζομαι πολύ, έχω πολλά προβλήματα, ειδικά πάρα πολλή δουλειά και πολύ λίγο χρόνο ή χρήματα"
      ],
      "id": "el-hard-pressed-en-adj-thsftUMg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard-pressed"
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  "etymology_text": ": hard-pressed < hard + pressed",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hard-pressed"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am hard-pressed for cash/for time.",
          "translation": "Πιέζομαι πολύ για μετρητά/για χρόνο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πιέζομαι πολύ, έχω πολλά προβλήματα, ειδικά πάρα πολλή δουλειά και πολύ λίγο χρόνο ή χρήματα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard-pressed"
}

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