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A PINCH

Modern Translation: A PINCH

Language Translations for "A PINCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

po qe nevoja (at a pinch). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عند الحاجة (at a pinch, if necessary, in case of need), ‏عند السؤال (at a pinch). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

в краен случай (at a pinch). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hyppysellinen. (various references)

   

French

  

à la demande (at a pinch). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בשעת הדחק (at a pinch, in time of distress, in time of emergency). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ha minden kötél szakad (at a pinch, in the last resort). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

secubit (a bit, a little), secolek (bit, gab, pat), getikan (a nip), cekak (inadequate, insufficient). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ピンキング鋏 (a focus, crisis, flyer advertising a sex-related business, focusation point, forceps, pin tuck, pinch hitter, pinch runner, pink, pink lady, pink mood, pink noise, pink salon, pink-collar, pinking shears, tweezers), 一撮み (an easy victory), 一撮 (one piece), 一摘み (an easy victory). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ピンチ (crisis), ひとつまみ (an easy victory, one piece). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay inchpay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

poate servi în caz de nevoie (it may prove useful at a pinch). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

в крайнем случае (at a pinch, in the last resort). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u slučaju krajnje nužde (pinch: at a pinch). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en caso de apuro (at a pinch). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

i nödfall (at a pinch, at a push, at a stretch, if necessary). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

у скрутну хвилину (at a pinch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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