Meaning of feel the pinch | Babel Free

Definitions

To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.”

“The tramway was offered to the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway, but that company expressed no interest in it. Then the tramway proprietors decided to electrify their line, and cut the fares by half, and the railway was soon feeling the pinch.”

CEFR level