feel the draught

To be in a situation in which one does not have much money. Steve is feeling the draught right now and wants to know if we can go out next week instead, after he gets paid. If I get laid off, I know it won't be long before I feel the draught.

feel the draught

experience an adverse change in your financial circumstances. informal

1992 Daily Express Redland…felt the draught of George Wimpey's interim profits slide.

feel the ˈdraught

(informal) suffer financially as a result of economic, social or political changes around you: Because of the world trade recession, a lot of third world countries are feeling the draught.

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Meanwhile, Lovato can probably still feel the draught caused by the swinging door of the rehab centre she left only a short time ago.

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Shipwrights and bridge builders Will meet them on the dole Teesside is slowly dying, Chemical factories disappear, Dole queues are getting longer, The area lives in fear No more steel to export, The ports will feel the draught, The banks reclaiming houses, It's so really really daft Teesside workers made redundant, A workforce with pride and skill Thrown onto the scrapheap, It's enough to make you ill PETER NOLAN, Middlesbrough * * * * * *

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"But I always tell players that at his age they should go and take their coaching badges because once you go out of the game you'll feel the draught and might start reconsidering.

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Right now, the hot breath of nationalism is on Labour necks and if Mr Blair can't feel the draught, it will be a costly and tragic mistake.