in chancery

1. Literally, in a court of chancery, which is the Lord Chancellor's court (in the UK) or a court of equity (in the US). I'm in chancery today, waiting for the decision in our case to be announced.

2. Faced with a hopeless or challenging situation. I'm in chancery here, trying to fix my car on the side of the road with no clue what to do!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Raffael	RAH-fah-el	German
Lena	LE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Shawn	[ʃɔ:n]
Amber	AM-bər (English), AHM-bər (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Samuilu	-	Old Church Slavic
Chanelle	shə-NEL	English (Modern)