金融危機席卷全球，愈加多的公司企業感到經濟拮據，有的甚至已經開始通過裁員和精簡部門設置來改變目前的經濟情況。在這種大環境下，作為小員工的大家自然也是銀包縮水，With the spread of global financial crisis, people in our country also feel the pinch.Feel the pinch這個短語一般都用來形容財政困難，手頭拮據等情況，作此講解也是來自于pinch這個詞有困境、困苦等意思。If someone is short of money or feeling restricted in some other way, they are feeling the pinch.再看一個例子：Shopkeepers are beginning to feel the pinch because no one has a lot of money to spend these days.店主們開始感到處境困難了，由于近來大伙都沒什么錢購物。