单词 | to feel the pinch |
释义 | > as lemmasto feel the pinch b. Stress or suffering caused by cold, hunger, poverty, etc.; hardship. Frequently in to feel the pinch. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > overpowering pressure of an adverse force stressc1400 distress1485 thrust1513 straint1534 heft1587 pinchc1594 rack1806 pend1823 water stress1991 the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] to have needOE needa1300 to have mistera1400 to be low in the world1521 lack1523 pinch1549 to be beforehand (also behindhand) in (or with) the world1615 to feel the pinch1861 to feel the draught1925 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > endure hardships to rough it1768 to feel the pinch1861 c1594 J. Dee Compend. Rehearsal xii, in J. Glastoniensis Chronica (1726) (modernized text) II. App. iv. 544 The extream pinch of all manner of want for meat, drink, fewel, cloath, &c. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 369 Necessities sharpe pinch . View more context for this quotation 1678 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Treasurer in Wks. (1731) II. 469 I am so tired out with this cruel Pinch of Business. 1715 J. Fergusson tr. Rom. Conduct in quashing Catiline's Conspiracy 118 And if it would be a severe Pinch upon them to have their Shops shut up for a little, how must they fare if they were burnt to Ashes? 1793 tr. F. Trenck Life of Baron Frederic Trenck IV. 423 The helpless destitute graybeard..feels the pinch of want, and languishes in penury. 1861 Times 22 Aug. 6/5 So much money having been spent... All classes felt the pinch. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 279 Those who were rendered keener by the pinch of hunger. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) Luke xv. 14 He had spent it all, when a severe famine fell upon that country and he began to feel the pinch. 1992 Indiamail 22 Sept. 20/1 I've yet to see a producer who doesn't feel the pinch when a film goes over budget. < as lemmas |
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