dip into one's savings

　　英文解释： you spend part of the money you have put aside for future use.

　　中文解释：动用存款。

　　例句：I had to dip into my savings to have the car repaired.

　　feel the pinch

　　英文解释：begin to suffer from a lack of money.

　　中文解释：pinch的基本意思是用手“捏”“掐”,引申可作“节省”解。

　　例句：With the drop in tourism, hotels and restaurants are beginning to feel the pinch.

　　hard up

　　英文解释：have very little money.

　　中文解释：经济困难，缺钱。

　　例句：We were so hard up that we had to sleep in the car.

　　burn your fingers

　　英文解释：suffer financially as a result of foolish behaviour.

　　中文解释：因自己的失败或错误而吃苦头。

　　例句：Jack got his fingers burnt playing on the stock market.

　　chicken feed

　　英文解释：An amount of money considered small or unimportant is called chicken feed.

　　中文解释：很少的钱。

　　例句：I got a job during the holidays but the pay was chicken feed.

　　cost an arm and a leg

　　英文解释： very expensive

　　中文解释：贵的离谱。

　　例句：The house cost us an arm and a leg, but we have no regrets.