| 1. | tight spot | ||
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a difficult situation, a troublesome situation If dad had another stroke than he's in a tight spot.
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| 2. | hot potato | ||
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a difficult problem that nobody wants to be associated with Lets see how the manager handle a hot potato like that.
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| 3. | pressure cooker | ||
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a place or situation of high personal stress (from a cooking vessel that does not allow air or water to escape below a certain pressure) They found themselves in more of a pressure cooker than they expected.
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| 4. | 'Nam | ||
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Vietnam (usually in the context of the Vietnam war) The use of agent orange in 'Nam had unexpected consequences beside the Communist takeover in Cambodia.
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| 5. | mell of a hess | ||
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a very difficult situation (the spoonerism is usually deliberate) It sure looks like they got themselves into a mell of a hess.
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| 6. | feeding frenzy | ||
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a scene of frantic competition or unrestrained greed (from a a situation where several sharks or other predatory fish attempt to catch a single prey animal at once) The made in America comeback could eventually fuel a feeding frenzy among businesses looking to corner the market.
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| 7. | cluster fuck | ||
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a extremely confusing situation (from a comparison to a chaotic session of group sex) Man, I don't think I've ever seen such a cluster fuck in hospital setting in my years of visting mom in the ER after she had a seizure.
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