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
Klara	KLAH-rah (German, Russian, Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian
Alwyn	['ælwin]
Sharif	-	Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Malay
Slavitsa	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Hannele	HAHN-ne-le	Finnish
Charalampos	-	Greek