Feel the pinch这个短语一般都用来形容财政困难,手头拮据等状况,作此解释也是源于pinch这个词有“困境、困苦”等意思。 If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch. eg: Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days. 店主们开始感到处境困难了,因为近来大家都没什么钱买东西