be under the gun

(mainly American)

to feel anxious because you have to do something by a particular time or in a particular way Al's under the gun to decide by the end of the month whether to move with his company.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alta	['æltə]
Rosalin	ROZ-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Winslow	WINZ-lo	English (Rare)
Laurence	['lɔrəns]
Irina	ee-REE-nah (Russian), EE-ree-nah (Finnish)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian
Pankraz	PAHN-krahts	German