hard-pressed
in a bad way
hard put
keep one's head above water
distressed
badly off
bad off
straiten
distress
fall on hard times
underwater
above water
live to tell the tale
feel the pinch
endurance
suffer
fail
experience
weakness
go through
hard hit
see
tideover
down and out
ghetto lottery
disadvantaged
ab inconvenienti
poverty-ridden
exposure
pressure
mad money
out of pocket
in trouble
rocky
live through
enmesh
tightrope
tortured
in the thick of it
pinched
cashtration
screwed up
blaze
rough trot
hell
hard up
up a gum tree
catch a cold
victim
busted valise
nonaffluence
dilemma
up the pole
tough nut to crack
whose ox is gored
dilapidated
hard nut to crack
in need
security
survivor
insolvent
out at elbow
champagne taste on a beer budget
in a pickle
Achilles heel
siege
the wolf is at the door
bankrupt
malemployment
nouveau pauvre
crippling
pull the devil by the tail
blues
support
unliveable
grievance
unlivable
well off
skid row
have the tiger by the tail
unthriving
razor's edge
jeopardy
tough sledding
cross-grained
have a tiger by the tail
strugglingly
on the breadline
how do you do
underreserved
queasiness
tough going
hard time
hole
hard as nails
up shit creek
up the creek