feel the pinch

Verb

 * 1)  To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.
 * Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 手頭拮据
 * Finnish: tuntea nahoissaan
 * Italian: essere con l'acqua alla gola
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: затяну́ть реме́нь,
 * Spanish: