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Meaning of in a pickle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In a difficult situation or a troubling quandary.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

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Examples

“How cam'ſt thou in this pickle? / Tri. I haue bin in ſuch a pickle ſince I ſaw you laſt, / That I feare me will neuer out of my bones:”
“Cody Ko, a YouTube star with 5.7 million subscribers, found himself in a pickle in May.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

in a pig's arse in a pig's eye in a pig's patoot in a pig's whisper in a pinch in a puff of smoke

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