financial embarrassment
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfinancial embarrassmentfinancial embarrassmentMONEYdebts or a lack of money that causes problems for you → embarrassmentExamples from the Corpusfinancial embarrassment• Again, professional financial advice on the advantages and disadvantages of this form of borrowing seems a sensible precaution against financial embarrassment.• As a rule, financial embarrassment leaves most of us with no choice but to run with the crowd.• In July 1627 Buckingham embarked upon his ill-fated expedition, which still further increased Charles I's financial embarrassments.