[口语]“手头紧”用英语怎么说？

“手头紧”的英文表达有以下几种：

💴 money is tight

缺钱，手头紧

也可以说 be tight/low/short on money/cash

Since money is tight for me, I need to make sure that I'm buying wisely.

因为我手头有点紧，所以我要确保我买东西的时候要精明点。

💴 tighten one's belt

勒紧裤腰带

Things are beginning to cost more and more. It looks like we'll all have to tighten our belts.

东西越来越贵了，看来我们都得勒紧裤腰带过日子了。

💴 feel the pinch

感觉手头有点紧/拮据

（pinch “捏，掐，夹”。如果鞋子小了或者皮带紧了，那种被勒紧的感觉也叫“pinch”。所以feel the pinch就源于“感觉到裤腰带被勒紧了”。）

We've been feeling the pinch since my wife's restaurant closed down.

自从我老婆的饭店关门之后，我们就一直很拮据。