feel the pinch

Idioms  

1. Be affected by hardship, especially straitened finances. For example, This job pays much less, so we're bound to feel the pinch. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

He believes that if the labor market continues to weaken, at some point consumers will feel the pinch, threatening a key pillar of the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch

“It is one of our core consumer cohorts. They feel the pinch and we feel the pullback from them as well.”

From Salon

Two-tenths of 1% might not sound like much, but it means that many Americans may feel the pinch as they try to make ends meet.

From MarketWatch

She said the state is “absolutely going to be looking at every way that we can fill the void given our resources, but we are going to feel the pinch of this.”

From Los Angeles Times

The packaged food industry has faced slowing growth as consumers feel the pinch from years of rising prices.

From BBC

Related Words

• call for
• demand
• desire
• lack
• require