caught in the crunch Idiome

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budget squeeze/crunch

a situation where there is not enough money in the budget We have been going through a severe budget squeeze at our company and must begin to stop spending money in a wasteful manner.

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crunch

(See the crunch)

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number-cruncher

an accountant, someone who works with numbers Our president is a good number-cruncher and understands about the finances of our company.

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the crunch

the difficult time, the day we have less money The crunch is coming - when we have one salary instead of two.

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when the crunch comes

when there is less money, when the economy fails When the crunch comes, we'll have our mortgage paid off!

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crunchy

exhausted, not well

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Crunch time

When people, companies, etc, have to make an important decision that will have a considerable effect on their future, it is crunch time.

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Number cruncher

A number cruncher is an accountant or someone who is very good at dealing with numbers and calculations.

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crunch numbers

crunch numbers
Perform numerous calculations or process a large amount of numerical data. For example, Preparing John's presentation to the Federal Reserve Board required many hours of crunching numbers. This term originated with the computer age and indeed still applies mostly to the operations of computers. [Slang; second half of 1900s]

caught in the crunch

To accept been the victim of difficult affairs or pressures, abnormally banking ones and generally those that are alfresco of one's control. Many baby businesses bent in the crisis of the recession were affected to abutting or are almost blockage open. When abutting year's account is appear by the government, lower earners and accessible casework are acceptable to be the ones bent in the crunch.Learn more: caught, crunch

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