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
PrzemysŁAwpzhe-MIS-wahfPolish
Synne-Norwegian
BreixoBRAY-shawGalician
ClopasKLO-pəs (English)Biblical
Ratko-Croatian, Serbian
Antoineawn-TWAWN (French), an-TWAWN (American)French, African American