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pinch [pɪntʃ]∎ she pinched her hand in the gate elle s'est pincé la main dans la barrière;∎ he pinched her cheek il lui a pincé la joue;∎ I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming je me suis pincé pour voir si je ne rêvais pas;∎ these new shoes pinch my feet ces chaussures neuves me font mal aux pieds∎ to pinch sth from sb piquer qch à qn;∎ I had my stereo pinched on m'a piqué ma chaîne stéréo;∎ who's pinched my pen? qui est-ce qui m'a piqué mon stylo?∎ they got pinched for shoplifting ils se sont fait pincer pour vol à l'étalage(d) Horticulture pincer∎ figurative that's where the shoe pinches c'est là que le bât blesse∎ to pinch and scrape économiser sur tout, regarder (de près) à la dépense3 noun∎ if it comes to the pinch s'il le faut vraiment, en cas de nécessité absolue;∎ we're beginning to feel the pinch nous commençons à devoir nous priver(b) (of salt, snuff) pincée fà la rigueurHorticulture pincer
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pinch — pinch1 [ pıntʃ ] noun count 1. ) a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb, for example salt 2. ) the action of squeezing someone s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them pinch pinch 2 [ pıntʃ ] … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
have to pinch yourself — mainly spoken phrase used for saying that you do not believe that something good that is happening to you is real I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not believe somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have to pinch yourself — mainly spoken used for saying that you do not believe that something good that is happening to you is real I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn t dreaming … English dictionary