hard pressed



hard pressed

Overburdened, put upon, as in With all these bills to pay we find ourselves hard pressed. [c. 1800]
See also: hard, press

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shiri-Hebrew
StewSTOO, STYOOEnglish
Farooq-Arabic
SimoSEE-mo (Finnish)Finnish, Serbian
Butcher['butʃə]
Colenekah-LEENEnglish (Rare)