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单词 in a pinch
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in a pinch


In an emergency, when hard-pressed, as in This music isn't what I would have chosen, but it will do in a pinch. This term dates from the late 1400s, when it was put as at a pinch (a usage still current in Britain); pinch alludes to straitened circumstances.

Words nearby in a pinch

inanity, in antis, in a nutshell, in any case, in a pig's eye, in a pinch, inapparent, inappeasable, inappellable, inappetence, inapplicable
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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