in a pinch
In an emergency, when hard-pressed, as in This music isn't what I would have chosen, but it will do in a pinch. This term dates from the late 1400s, when it was put as at a pinch (a usage still current in Britain); pinch alludes to straitened circumstances.
Words nearby in a pinch
in a jam,
in a lather,
in a manner of speaking,
in a nutshell,
in a pig's eye,
in a pinch,
in a rut,
in a sense,
in a snit,
in a state,
in a stew