At the Pickle Meaning?

to be in a difficult situation. to have a problem where there is no immediate answer or solution.

What does phrase in a pickle mean?

But you know what it means: to be stuck in a difficult situation. English idioms are funny things, pulled out of the wordy hodgepodge of history, and "in a pickle" is one of the more obscure of the bunch.

What did Shakespeare mean when he said in a pickle?

The most common word for that in England is 'pissed. ' But being in a pickle, as used by Shakespeare in The Tempest means being drunk, and not in a difficult situation. In a pickle!

Chloe Bennett

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