idiomUK(USin a pinch)Something that you can do at apinchcan be done if it is reallynecessary, but it will bedifficult, notperfect, or not what you would really like:必要时;在紧要关头I need £2,000 to set up thebusiness, but Isuppose£1,500 would do at apinch.我需要2000英镑来创办这个公司,不过实在凑不够,1500英镑也可以。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMerely and barely
all
all ofsomethingidiom
barely
but
by a whiskeridiom
by inchesidiom
hardly
ill
inch
just
mere
merest
narrowly
nothing
nothing more thanidiom
only
pinch
scarce
scarcely
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