feel the pinch

Meaning: To have less money than one used to have, and less than one feels is necessary.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

More idioms — Daily Life

• feather in one's cap — An exceptional achievement.
• fill the bill — To suit or satisfy a need.
• filthy rich — Extremely wealthy.
• first-rate — Best quality.
• fishy — Looking or sounding suspicious.
• fits and starts — In short bursts of motion or effort.

More English idioms

• fix someone's wagon — To return an irritation caused by a person through some form of mild revenge.
• flat broke — Have absolutely no money.
• follow in someone's footsteps — To follow the same career or lifestyle as someone else.
• food for thought — Something to think about.
• fool around — To play, or to not be serious about an activity.
• fool's gold — Something that appears to have great value but is in fact a cheap imitation.

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