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Things are tight. 手头有点紧。

Things are tight 意思是手里没多少钱，手头有点紧。我们还可以说money is tight，例如：

Money was tight and he needed a job badly.

他手头紧，急需一份工作。

As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.

你知道的，我经营这家杂志社的预算是很紧张的。