creak under the strain
idiomPart ofstrain
creak under the strain — idiom
1. A system or service that creaks under the strain is unable to handle everything
1.idiom
Definition
A system or service that creaks under the strain is unable to handle everything it is supposed to do.
Example
The city's bus system creaked under the strain of the festival crowds.
Our school's computer network creaked under the strain of online exams.