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
Halley['hæli]
Harun-Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Mai (1)-Vietnamese
Sujay-Bengali, Indian, Marathi
Anneka-English (Rare)
Alexandr-Czech