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be hard pressed (British, American & Australian informal) also be hard pushed (British)

to be having difficulty doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money (usually + to do sth) I'll be hard pressed to get this report done by Friday. You'd be hard pushed to find a good car for under £1,000. With cuts in government funding, hospitals are hard pressed at the moment.

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They could move into my house and spend the summer with meand they'd still be hard pushed to make a bean. Kaye Adams: Not all right, Jack; WHY I'M NOT SINGING ABOUT PASSING UP ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) With his vast experience of front row play for Wales and the British Lions you would be hard pushed to find a better guru than Young to improve highly-rated prop Jenkins. FORWARD MARCH HAS BLUES ON TRACK by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Secondly, the Shindig event at Times Square, Newcastle, was hugely ambitious and again you would be hard pushed to see an event of this nature in any other British city centre. Force 10 from home of music by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			be fresh from be fresh out of be full of be full of beans be full of crap be full of holes be full of piss and vinegar be full of the joys of spring be game be going begging be going great guns be going spare be gone on Be good be grateful for small mercies be green about the gills be green with envy be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be hanging over be hard pressed be hard pushed be hard put be hard up be head over heels be heading for a fall be heavy going be hell on wheels be hell-bent on be hoist by own petard be home and dry be home free be honour-bound be hopping mad be hot off the press be hot stuff be hunky-dory be ill at ease be in a bad way be in a dream world be in a fix be in a funk be in a groove be in a hole be in a jam be in a lather be in a pickle			be greater in value be greater in weight be greedy be green about the gills be green around the gills be green with envy be guarded be guided by be guilty of be guilty of infraction be gunning for be half bad be half the [dancer etc.] used to be be half the battle be half-cut be half-dead be handed down to be handed over be hanging over be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head be hanging over head Be Happy Be happy to be harbinger be hard pressed be hard pushed be hard put be hard put be hard put be hard put be hard put to it be hard put to it be hard put to it be hard up be harmonious be hateful be head over heels be headed for a fall be heading for a fall be hearing things be hearing things be hearing things be heavy going be heir to be hell on wheels be hell-bent on be helpful Be Here Now be here to stay be here to stay be here to stay be here to stay be hitting head against a brick wall be hoist by own petard be hoist with own petard be hoist with own petard

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