viernes, 9 de octubre de 2015

TODAY'S IDIOM: FEEL THE PINCH

"FEEL THE PINCH"


If you are feeling the pinch, you're finding it harder to survive on your income. 

Example: Since the price of oil went up, lots of businesses have been feeling the pinch.

Sentir el impacto.

Example sentences: 

  • Inflation has been pretty bad recently, so we've all been feeling the pinch / La inflación ha estado bastante mala recientemente, por lo que todos hemos estado sintiendo el impacto.


  • Most people have been feeling the pinch because of rising prices / La mayoría de la gente ha sentido el impacto a causa del aumento de precios.

Additional examples:


  • This job pays much less, so we're bound to feel the pinch.


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




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