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
Gyneth-Literature
DieuweDOO-əFrisian
Halim-Arabic
Arvid-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Conley['kɔnli]
Mattan-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew