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
Askwith	['æskwiθ]
SiÔR	SHOR	Welsh
Yonah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Buckley	['bʌkli]
Olympia	-	Greek, Slovak
Nikau	-	Maori