where the shoe pinches

English

Phrase

where the shoe pinches

1. Where the cause of trouble or difficulty is.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: waar de schoen wringt
• Finnish: mistä kenkä puristaa
• French: là où le bât blesse (fr)
• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see sęk w tym (pl)

See also

• therein lies the rub