in a pinch

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available.
 * It's not a great fashion statement, but in a pinch a large trash bag will keep you dry.

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Translations

 * Arabic: الشده
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 在緊要關頭
 * Finnish: pinteessä
 * French: ,
 * German: im Notfall,, zur Not
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: いざと言う時に
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: iš bėdos
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: em caso de emergência
 * Russian: в тру́дную мину́ту, в слу́чае нужды́, в кра́йнем слу́чае
 * Spanish: en un apuro
 * Swedish: om det kniper