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
Mattie	MAT-ee	English
Maddox	['mædəks]
Pino	PEE-no	Italian
AygÜL	-	Turkish
Smart	[smɑ:t]
Conrad	KAHN-rad (English), KAWN-raht (German)	English, German, Ancient Germanic