Hayley教口语，“手头紧”用英语怎么说？

手头紧 来自每日学英语 00:00 01:51

  feel the pinch 

pinch n. 匮乏;少量;夹痛

to be in a pinch literally means to feel the squeeze or feel under (financial) pressure. The word pinch was increasingly associated with money in the 14th Century, when to pinch became a slang term for stealing, or simply being a bit stingy (to pinch pennies ).

to be ina pinch字面上的意思是感到压迫或(财务)压力。在14世纪，pinch这个词越来越多地与money联系在一起，在那个时候，pinch变成了一个俚语，表示偷窃，或者只是有点吝啬(to pinch penny)。

to have problems with money because you are earning less than before

(由于收入减少而)手头拮据

When my father lost his job and we had to live on my mother's earnings, we really started to feel the pinch.

当父亲下岗，我们的生活不得不依靠母亲的工资时，我们开始真正感受到了手头拮据。