idiomold-fashionedinformalto be in anunpleasantordifficultsituation处在困境中SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesExperiencing difficulties
be
be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
be climbing the wallsidiom
be for the high jumpidiom
be/come up against a brick wallidiom
embattled
fall intosomething
flounder
frying pan
fumble
jungle
leg
multiproblem
not have a leg to stand onidiom
on a razor edgeidiom
out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
pickle
rocky
sticky
weed
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