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Munka és Pénz - Szegénység és Pénzügyi Problémák

Fedezzen fel angol idiomatikus kifejezéseket, amelyek a szegénységgel és pénzügyi problémákkal kapcsolatosak, beleértve a "feel the pinch" és a "the breadline" kifejezéseket.

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English idioms related to Work & Money
to [catch] (a|) cold
to catch (a) cold
[kifejezés]

to face problems and difficulties, particularly financial ones

Ex: When demand dried up, suppliers all over the region caught cold.
to [go] to the wall
to go to the wall
[kifejezés]

to suffer ruin, failure, or defeat, due to financial difficulties, and without the possibility of recovery or rescue

Ex: Several suppliers went to the wall when the main contractor stopped paying.
to [lose] {one's} shirt

to lose a big sum of money, often due to a risky bet or investment

Ex: They lost their shirts in a failed cryptocurrency scheme.
(in|into) the red
in the red
[kifejezés]

in debt due to spending more than one's earnings

Ex: A few bad months pushed the charity into the red.
on {one's} uppers
on one's uppers
[kifejezés]

in an extremely bad financial condition

Ex: They were on their uppers, but they refused to ask relatives for help.
to [live] (from|) hand to mouth

to survive with only the bare minimum resources, often with no savings or financial security

Ex: Without that small pension, they would be living hand to mouth.
(as|) poor as a church [mouse]

severely lacking money

Ex: I was poor as a church mouse in those days, so every coin mattered.
(as|) poor as Job
(as) poor as Job
[kifejezés]

extremely lacking money

Ex: I was poor as Job in those years, so I learned to make every coin count.
to {not} [have] a bean
to not have a bean
[kifejezés]

to not have any money

Ex: They arrived in the new country without a bean between them.
on the road
on the road
[kifejezés]

(of people) without any home or shelter, therefore constantly moving from one location to another

Ex: She grew up on the road, moving from shelter to shelter with her mother.
the breadline
the breadline
[Főnév]

an informal threshold of income that marks the level at which a person or household is regarded as very poor or barely able to afford basic necessities

a szegénységi küszöb, a létminimum határa

a szegénységi küszöb, a létminimum határa

Ex: The report says millions of elderly people are close to the breadline.

A regionális összehasonlítások azt mutatták, hogy a megélhetési költségek megváltoztatták, ki számított a szegénységi küszöbön várostól városig.

out at (the|) elbows

used to refer to someone who does not have enough money and is considered poor by the society's standards

Ex: He may be out at elbows, but he is generous with what little he has.
to [feel] the pinch
to feel the pinch
[kifejezés]

to face financial difficulties, particularly due to not having the same income as before

Ex: When his pension was reduced, he started feeling the pinch.
{num} out of pocket

used to say that an amount of money was lost due to a transaction

Ex: The damaged shipment left the company $3,000 out of pocket.
dry spell
dry spell
[Főnév]

a period that is lacking productivity, profit, success, etc.

aszályos időszak, terméketlen időszak

aszályos időszak, terméketlen időszak

Ex: The store survived the dry spell by cutting costs .
dirt poor
dirt poor
[kifejezés]

affected by poverty to an extreme degree

Ex: They were dirt poor after the war and had to rebuild everything.
to [wipe] the slate clean

to forgive and forget someone's debt, enabling them to start fresh without any financial obligations

Ex: The debt relief program wiped the slate clean for people trapped by medical bills.
to [go] out of business

to cease to exist as a functional company or business due to financial challenges or difficulties

Ex: They tried to cut costs, but the business still went out of business.
on a shoestring
on a shoestring
[kifejezés]

with a minimal amount of financial resources

Ex: They managed to renovate the apartment on a shoestring.
flat broke
flat broke
[kifejezés]

lacking any money or financial resources

Ex: I cannot lend you anything; I am flat broke myself.
a pot to piss in
a pot to piss in
[kifejezés]

very little or no money

Ex: They had dreams of opening a restaurant, but they did not have a pot to piss in.
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