res angusta domi
/ˌrɛz aŋˌɡʌstə ˈdɒmi/ /ˌreɪz aŋˌɡʊstə ˈdɒmi/noun
Straitened financial circumstances; limited means.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Wilkins (1614–1672), theologian and natural philosopher. From classical Latin rēs angusta domī ‘narrowed circumstances at home’ from rēs thing + angusta, feminine of angustus + domī at home, locative of domus home.
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Judah
- Judahite
- Judaic
- Judaica
- Judaical
- Judaically
- Judaise
- Judaism
- Judaist
- Judaistic
- Judaite
- Judaization
- Judaize
- judas
- Judas blossom
- Judas candle
- Judas color
- Judas-colored
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something