in a cleft stick



in a cleft stick

  (British & Australian old-fashioned)
if someone is in a cleft stick, they have a problem which is very difficult to solve I'm in a real cleft stick because I can't sell my house. Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick.
See also: stick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ferris['feris]
HedwigHED-vikhGerman
Ekundayo-Western African, Yoruba
Akaki-Georgian
RosalynneROZ-ə-linEnglish (Rare)
Gl&Aelig;Dwine-Anglo-Saxon