feel the pinch

idiom

: to experience the problems caused by not having enough money or by paying higher costs

We are starting to feel the pinch of high fuel costs.

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Up next, what's the White House's plan to address those skyrocketing health insurance premiums and will the president roll back more tariffs as Americans feel the pinch from higher prices? —ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025

And if comments from the company in the last year are any indication, low-income consumers continue to feel the pinch. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025

To be sure, premiums are also up for large firms, but smaller companies generally feel the pinch more acutely. —Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025

Among the first to feel the pinch during this shutdown could be the 7 million mothers and young children who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food program. —NPR, 15 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for feel the pinch

• bullfinch
• goldfinch
• cinch
• finch
• flinch
• inch
• lynch
• synch
• winch