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sticky wicket collapse

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

fine kettle of fish collapse

tight spot collapse

hot water collapse: a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"

unholy mess collapse

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

out on a limb collapse

threatened collapse: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

straits collapse

quagmire collapse

morass collapse

tight squeeze collapse

thin ice collapse

imperilment collapse

in a bind collapse

hard life collapse

cornered collapse

quicksand collapse: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down; a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

in extremis collapse: at the point of death

category collapse: a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

jeopardy collapse

quandary collapse

tribulation collapse

suborder collapse: (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

swamp collapse: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog; a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"; drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

in a bad way collapse

subgroup collapse: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group; a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

pickle collapse: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar; preserve in a pickling liquid

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

difficulties collapse

threat collapse: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"; a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

strait collapse: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water; strict and severe; "strait is the gate"

immediacy collapse: lack of an intervening or mediating agency; "the immediacy of television coverage"; the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"; immediate intuitive awareness

slough collapse: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake); a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou); a hollow filled with mud

hardcase collapse

caste collapse: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth; (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity; social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

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