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
Ragnhildur-Icelandic
Nawra-Arabic
Bea[bi:]
Nastja-Slovene
Brewer['bru:ə]
Alysiaə-LIS-yəEnglish