tighten
tough sledding
piss money up the wall
skittish
torrid
get out
solid
high on the hog
pig
underfinancing
run out of steam
doo-doo
push shit uphill
get into trouble
tighten one's belt
bring off
struggling
up the pole
rough trot
benefit
parsimony
whip the cat
hard hit
pound-foolish
pull teeth
parsimoniousness
thrift
scrape the bottom of the barrel
pull the devil by the tail
torfer
keep one's head above water
more money than brains
megachallenge
daunting
relief
succor
ministration
scuffle
see through
suffer
ill-spent
spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
spendful
fall up
shipwreck
exasperatingly
penuriousness