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crunch time

Date: Mar 12 2009

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Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“This is an economic crunch time right now. So I want someone else to pay my bills. I want to get like 10 women with money.”

-Rapper Coolio, on his personal stimulus plan. (bet.com)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

critical period of time

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

The rapper Coolio has very modern ideas. He doesn’t think that women need to have a man to support them financially. In fact, he wants a woman to take care of him. Or ten women.

Coolio jokes that he wants someone to pay his bills because we’re in an economic crunch time. In other words, it’s a serious, crucial time for the economy. It can be crunch time for other reasons, too. When it’s the night before an exam and you haven’t studied yet, it’s crunch time. You’d better start studying! The last couple minutes of an important basketball game, when the score is very close, are crunch time. Both teams need to work extra hard to score some more points and win the game. And if you have a big project due at work, it’s also crunch time.

There are a lot of other ways to use crunch. Potato chips are a crunchy snack. When you eat them, you crunch them with your teeth and they make a crunch sound. But if you eat too many of them and you gain weight, you might need to do a lot of crunches, or sit-ups, in order to flatten your tummy.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“The holiday season is crunch time for most shops. If they don’t sell a lot of money then, they probably won’t do well for the whole year. “

“Finals week is academic crunch time. Students need to study hard for their final exams if they want to do well in their classes. “

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS A critical period of time which it is necessary to work hard and fast to end up a task.
by VOLTSSuper Member!
maloud tough time in your life?
by maloud
natalja it is crisis
by natalja
Dani J. down time
by Dani J.
grandjack hard time moneywise
by grandjack
yo man
by chalumpon singhem
Aneet An economic CRISIS I think.
by Aneet
EDITH ^.~ economic crisis
by EDITH ^.~
Hazel_eyes hard time
by Hazel_eyes
banmaixanh time of difficulties in economic, financial crisis
by banmaixanh
Julia*He tough time
by Julia*He
lalobrown a critical situacion,a period of intense pressure.
by lalobrown
Muse503 it means crisis time
by Muse503
kongdehua the time when it is important ,so it's a key time
by kongdehua
critical or serious period of time but its just tamporrarily
by poorworship
Carlos A. time with difficulties
by Carlos A.
a period of intense pressure
by nice_gal3779

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EDITH ^.~

EDITH ^.~

United States

Spring is crunch time for me to keep in shape before summer comes.

09:06 PM Mar 12 2009 |

sousi

Algeria

hiiiiiiiiiiii

06:09 PM Mar 12 2009 |

Dellsey

Dellsey

Slovakia

time of final decisions

05:28 PM Mar 12 2009 |

dilekgreen

American Samoa

hııı

02:57 PM Mar 12 2009 |

levitabris

levitabris

China

A very period of time that is difficult and need to be handled with care.

02:47 PM Mar 12 2009 |

kachya

kachya

Ukraine

yeah, for the most people economic crunch time it's a money problems – for someones it's a fantastic profit. So, this time must to make us stronger:p

02:46 PM Mar 12 2009 |

Maplewei

Maplewei

China

It's a hard time for many company now.

all the people and the company need to improve themselves in and out.We need to study hard and we need to get ready to accept a hard duty any time.

I want to get a new job now.But I think I have a lot of thing to do.In the job I do now I havn't do the best.I must improve myself.

I must study hard

02:41 PM Mar 12 2009 |

songlin043@gmail.com

China

i am in crunch time now. i am not interested my job, and i feel pressure about it.  now the only thing is that i want to change my job, am i right?   dear friends, give me some advice? thanks all.

02:18 PM Mar 12 2009 |

songlin043@gmail.com

China

i am in crunch time now. i am not interested my job, and i feel pressure about it.  now the only thing is that i want to change my job, am i right?   dear friends, give me some advice? thanks all.

02:18 PM Mar 12 2009 |

Amido Hernan Rios

Colombia

I think that we all have money shortage and money abundance, they are moments in our lives we have to bear with strength and intelligence.

02:18 PM Mar 12 2009 |

abby0329

abby0329

China

Next Thursday I have a Japanese test, it will be a crunch time for me. Hehe

02:17 PM Mar 12 2009 |

venice1017

China

Crunch time is a part of our lives too,it makes our lives more interesting too.If our lives are too smooth,maybe we'll think our lives are too dull?ha.In other words,crunch time can make us stronger and stronger,not a bad thing maybe?haha

01:24 PM Mar 12 2009 |

yyliyi

China

All of us often come to the crunch time . It's really a tough thing for us to deal with , to live with it . But we have no choices but to face it ,conquer it !

Best wishes to everyone here !

12:12 PM Mar 12 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

I’m in my cruch time! I gotta sell my car!!!

11:40 AM Mar 12 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

"Crunch Time" sounds similar to "Countdown" ;)

11:36 AM Mar 12 2009 |

monitka

Poland

great, great!;)

10:23 AM Mar 12 2009 |

Switzerland

Switzerland

I think we all knows what the Slang means.

"bad times for business."

Like the financial crises at the moment all over the world

 

10:18 AM Mar 12 2009 |

riza_s

riza_s

Turkey

sometimes the people have got absolutely crunch time because the life is include for these and ıf u want to pass the crunch time you have to be strong and you should work  alot 

08:55 AM Mar 12 2009 |

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