feel the pinch

POORto have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make 〔尤指因赚钱不如以前多而〕感到拮据

Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch.

当地的商店和公司开始感到手头有点紧。

Examples from the Corpus

feel the pinch• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.• Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20 and its clear commuters are feeling the pinch.• Schools in the poorest areas, already short of resources, are certainly feeling the pinch.• He felt the pinch of depravity.• Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch from the economic crisis.• Meanwhile, with its future hanging in the balance, Fokker is starting to feel the pinch.• Chichester was not the only Sussex town to feel the pinch of economic decay.• In addition, parish priests were feeling the pinch through reduced income from alms and tithes.

→ feel the pinch at pinch2(4)

单词	feel the pinch
释义	feel the pinch feel the pinch POORto have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make 〔尤指因赚钱不如以前多而〕感到拮据 Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch. 当地的商店和公司开始感到手头有点紧。 Examples from the Corpus feel the pinch• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.• Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20 and its clear commuters are feeling the pinch.• Schools in the poorest areas, already short of resources, are certainly feeling the pinch.• He felt the pinch of depravity.• Local stores and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch from the economic crisis.• Meanwhile, with its future hanging in the balance, Fokker is starting to feel the pinch.• Chichester was not the only Sussex town to feel the pinch of economic decay.• In addition, parish priests were feeling the pinch through reduced income from alms and tithes. → feel the pinch at pinch2(4)
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