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What is the meaning of "in a pickle" idiom?

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Idiom Conjugations:

 
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Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being in a pickle isn't a very pleasant situation to be in.
 
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Idiom Usage:

In a pickle is used informally.
 
Gradations of trouble (and many more between):
To be in a bit of a pickle
To be in somewhat of a pickle
To be in a pickle
To be in a big pickle
To be in a huge pickle
To be in a gigantic pickle
 
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Idiom Scenario 2:


Two students are talking ...
Georgia: Did you study for the exam?
Frank: I sure did! I stayed up until two o'clock in the morning studying History.
Georgia: I guess you're in a pickle then because today's exam is Geometry.
 
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Idiom Scenario 1:


Jimmy is standing beside his motorcycle on the side of the road talking on his cell phone:
Jimmy: Mom, I've run out of gas.
Mom: That's too bad son. Why don't you walk to the nearest service station and get some gas?
Jimmy: I don't have a container for gas.
Mom: I'm sure the service station would lend you one.
Jimmy: But I don't have any money.
Mom: I suppose that you're in a bit of a pickle then, aren't you?
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Idiom Definition:


"to be in a pickle"
to be in a difficult situation where the solution is unclear or difficult to do
Synonyms: bind, clutch, complex, corner, crisis, difficult, difficulty, dilemma, hardship, headache, hole, imbroglio, impasse, jam, juncture, mess, muddle, perplexity, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, problem, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rough, scrape, soup, snarl, spot, state, straight, trouble, vicissitude
 



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