sticky wicket

sticky wicket
Synonyms and related words:
bind, clutch, complication, crunch, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, hell to pay, hobble, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, jam, mess, mix, morass, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, slough, spot, squeeze, stew, strait, straits, swamp, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess

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  • Sticky wicket — (or sticky dog, or glue pot) is a metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance, particularly in cricket. OriginsThe phrase comes from the game of cricket, where it describes a cricket pitch that is in the process of drying after being… …   Wikipedia

  • sticky wicket — (UK) If you are on a sticky wicket, you are in a difficult situation …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • sticky wicket — n. 1. Cricket the playing area between the wickets when it is damp and hence sticky and slow 2. [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] a difficult or awkward situation …   English World dictionary

  • sticky wicket — noun : a difficult or delicate problem or situation * * * 1. Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well. 2. Chiefly Brit. a situation requiring delicate …   Useful english dictionary

  • sticky wicket — /stɪki ˈwɪkət/ (say stikee wikuht) –noun 1. Cricket a wicket, affected by rain, which gives an unpredictable bounce. 2. Colloquial a delicate, difficult or disadvantageous situation: to find yourself in yet another sticky wicket. –phrase 3. be on …  

  • Sticky Wicket — Infobox Television episode Title = Sticky Wicket Series = M*A*S*H Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 21 Airdate = March 4, 1973 Production = J321 Writer = Richard Baer Director = Don Weis Guests = Episode list = List of M*A*S*H episodes Prev = The… …   Wikipedia

  • sticky wicket — 1. Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well. 2. Chiefly Brit. a situation requiring delicate treatment; an awkward situation: In telling his wife that …   Universalium

  • Sticky wicket — 1. (cricket) wet but drying wicket that promotes slow bounce in which the ball sticks and then pops; 2. delicate, difficult or disadvantageous situation or set of circumstances: He s on a sticky wicket now that his father has disinherited him …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • sticky wicket — Australian Slang 1. (cricket) wet but drying wicket that promotes slow bounce in which the ball sticks and then pops; 2. delicate, difficult or disadvantageous situation or set of circumstances: He s on a sticky wicket now that his father has… …   English dialects glossary

  • sticky wicket — (UK)    If you are on a sticky wicket, you are in a difficult situation.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sticky wicket — Noun. A difficult situation. Cf. Bat on a sticky wicket …   English slang and colloquialisms

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