lean times

*lean times (ahead)

Fig. a future period of lowered income or revenue; a future period when there will be shortages of goods and suffering. (*Typically: be ~; cause ~; have ~; mean ~.) The economy is going sour which means lean times ahead.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Len	LEN	English
Dick (2)	DIK	Dutch
Celestino	the-le-STEE-no (Spanish), se-le-STEE-no (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-no (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
ÁGueda	AH-ge-dhah (Spanish), A-gə-də (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
MÓR RÍOghain	-	Irish Mythology
Fidda	-	Arabic