English Dictionary

Jack at a pinch

name

(informal, archaic) A person whose assistance is sought only in an emergency.

Jack is always there to help out in a pinch.

意味（1）

(informal, archaic) A person whose assistance is sought only in an emergency.

Nay, not I; it is a pretty thing to expect me to wash them; you may take them back again, and say, as Sally had them before, she may wash them now, for me; I am not going to be 'Jack at a pinch,' I can tell you.