idiom
in a pickle
in uh PIK-ul
ɪn ə ˈpɪkəlListen
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inapickle
Dictionary meaning
in a difficult, awkward, or troublesome situation from which it is not easy to escape; in a predicament; the phrase is borrowed from the Dutch pekel, meaning pickle or brine, and was used in sixteenth-century English to describe the uncomfortable sensation of being immersed in a preserving liquid, later extended metaphorically to any unpleasant or sticky situation
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