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
Nelinha	-	Portuguese
Garey	GER-ee, GAR-ee	English
Chukwuma	-	Western African, Igbo
&Aelig;Lfsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
TÓMas	-	Icelandic
Ryan	['raiən]