Feel the pinch

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6
Meaning

To have less money than you used to have before/Experience hardship

हिंदी अर्थ

हाथ तंग होना

Example sentences

After the rent went up, the family began to feel the pinch.

Many small shops felt the pinch during the slowdown.

Daily use: Naukri chhootne ke baad ghar mein sabko pinch feel hone laga.

इन Exams में पूछा गयाAsked in
CDS I 2022
Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Pinch यानी चिकोटी, छोटा सा दबाव जो चुभता है। जब जेब में पहले से कम पैसा हो, तो हर ख़र्च पर वह चुभन महसूस होती है। Feel the pinch यानी पैसों की तंगी या परेशानी झेलना।

A pinch is a small, sharp squeeze that hurts. When your pocket has less money than before, you feel that pinch every time you spend. To feel the pinch is to face money trouble or hardship.

Exam note

कई बार पूछा गया है; answer है 'to have less money than before' या 'to experience hardship'।

Asked several times; the answer is 'to have less money than before' or 'to experience hardship'.

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