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be in a tight corneridiomto be in adifficultsituation 处境艰难,处于困境(或绝境)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
See more results » (Definition ofbe in a tight cornerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- And she did not want any, except sometimes, when she was in a tight corner, and when ten shillings would have saved her much worry.
- As you know very well, we're in a tight corner.
- This was, of course, dangerous, for we were in full view of the enemy, but it was becoming more and more evident that we were in a tight corner.
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