feel the pinch | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.Working-class families arefeeling the pinchin the wake of the recession.1954May, H. Fayle, “Dublin Suburban Services”, inRailway Magazine, page300: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 soonfeeling the pinch.

Examples:

EN: Even the Americans begin to feel the pinch.
ES: Sí, hasta los americanos tienen que escatimar recursos.
EN: As soon as they feel the pinch, they'll be crying to come back.
ES: Cuando estén necesitadas, querrán volver.
EN: - Poor old Padre. He's going to feel the pinch.
ES: - Pobre Padre, ahora estará en apuros.
EN: He'd spent it all when a famine fell upon the country and he began to feel the pinch.
ES: Estaba sin nada cuando el hambre asoló el país. y él sintió el peso.
EN: After about a week of falling, one begins to feel the pinch... and one extends longer and longer... and gets slightly thinner.
ES: Después de una semana cayendo, uno comienza a sentir una opresión, uno se alarga más y más y se hace un poco más delgado.
EN: Useful people are starting to feel the pinch.
ES: Las personas útiles están sintiendo el apretón.
EN: When you squeeze the nobility, it's the peasants who feel the pinch.
ES: Cuando desplumas a la nobleza, son los campesinos los que pagan.
EN: Why do yöu feel the pinch?
ES: ¿Tiene problemas económicos?
EN: You must be starting to feel the pinch.
ES: Debe comenzar a sentir el pinchazo.
EN: Renters in the metro area are certain to feel the pinch...
ES: Los inquilinos del área metropolitana están convencidos...
EN: We are beginning to feel the pinch, Kevin but we do, we do want to see it through because you know..
ES: Estamos empezando a sentir la pizca, Kevin pero lo hacemos, queremos verlo porque sabes...
EN: But, he's your teacher and you'll feel the pinch in the future.
ES: Pero, es tu maestro y sentirás el flechazo en el futuro.
EN: Many of us feel the pinch.
HI: कुछ आकार हमें पेनेड महसूस करते हैं।
EN: However, be aware of the bank's stability and hedge your risks so that you don't feel the pinch in case the bank faces a crisis.
HI: हालांकि, बैंक की स्थिरता से अवगत रहें और अपने जोखिमों को कम करें ताकि बैंक को संकट का सामना करने की स्थिति में आपको दिक्कत न हो.
EN: For those who've bought season tickets, they didn't even feel the pinch.
HI: जो लोग कोई पैट खरीदने आते थे, वे भी उस शोर को नजरंदाज करते थे।

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