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sticky wicket
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sticky wicket
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 messFor further exploring for "sticky wicket" in Webster Dictionary Online