Feel the pinch這個短語一般都用來形容財政困難,手頭拮据等狀況,作此解釋也是源於pinch這個詞有“困境、困苦”等意思。 If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch. eg: Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days. 店主們開始感到處境困難了,因爲近來大家都沒什麼錢買東西