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
Qismat-Arabic
Yulianna-Russian
Lourens-Frisian, Dutch
LinziLIN-zeeEnglish (Rare)
Jayanta-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Noy-Hebrew