单词 | tight squeeze |
释义 | tight squeezeSEE SYNONYMS FOR tight squeeze ON THESAURUS.COM A difficulty caused by too little time or space, or too little credit or funds. For example, It will be a tight squeeze to get there on time, or I don't know if the sofa will go through the door; it's a tight squeeze, or The company's in a tight squeeze because of poor cash flow. This idiom uses tight in the sense of “too narrow or constricted.” [c. 1900] Words nearby tight squeezetightrope walker, tights, tight ship, tight shot, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightwad, tightwire, tighty-whities, Tiglath-pileser I, Tiglath-pileser III 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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