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Can the expression "a very tight fit" be used in the text below to express difficulty in obtaining something, in this case, an invitation to attend a lecture?

My philosophy professor will be giving a lecture on ethics and tolerance tomorrow night to a small group at our college. It will be a very tight fit, but if you're interested, I can get you an invitation.

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    Not really. "A tight fit" is an expression which usually means either that there are no gaps/space around something, such as a wooden peg in a hole, or it could be used to describe the situation where someone's clothing is almost too tight to fit them properly, or it could used when talking about a small space where there is no room for anything larger.
    – Billy Kerr
    Commented Apr 17 at 22:36
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    Please fix your title: fit not feet. Thanks. There were six people in the car, which was a tight fit. It describes physical space for some number of people.
    – Lambie
    Commented Apr 18 at 0:36
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    Could be a chigger complained of lack of room in small feet, but it would be no great feat to fix that title.
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Commented Apr 18 at 1:15
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    Well, if the professor was doing the restricting it does not work. If the space is too small, it does work. :)
    – Lambie
    Commented Apr 18 at 15:52
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    Worth noting that "a very tight fit" could work here if the tight fit referred to time management. Though you'd definitely want to specify that to avoid confusion.
    – fatalerrer
    Commented Apr 18 at 23:04

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The only situation where this would work is if the reason it is hard to get an invitation is that the room is too crowded (people literally squeezing in tightly). And a situation like that might violate fire safety rules.

Otherwise, it would be better to say something like “it will be tough” or “it will be a longshot.”

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