tight squeeze



tight squeeze

A difficulty caused by too little time or space, or too little credit or funds. For example, It will be a tight squeeze to get there on time, or I don't know if the sofa will go through the door; it's a tight squeeze , or The company's in a tight squeeze because of poor cash flow. This idiom uses tight in the sense of "too narrow or constricted." [c. 1900]
See also: squeeze, tight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elder-Portuguese
Uzzi-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Alda (2)AHL-dahLimburgish
Zahi-Arabic
NedjeljkoNED-ye-lykoCroatian
SaxonSAK-sənEnglish (Rare)