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desperate situation | |||
blind-alley; dead-lock; deadlock; impasse; stalemate; Serbonian bog; rat-trap; dead-end; stymie; hopeless predicament; hopeless situation; inextricable knot; dilemma; bring to bay; catch-22 situation (Anglophile); cul de sac; rat trap; stranglehold; have one's back against the wall (triumfov); up the creek without a paddle (Alexander Demidov); stand-off; gridlock (anahet); bay; catch-22 (To apply for a job, you need to have a few years of experience; but in order to gain experience you need to get a job. That's a catch-22.); hopelessness; circle of despair (nilius); dead end; dead lock; up a tree; frustration (Georgy Moiseenko) | |||
cul-de-sac | |||
cluster-fuck; catch-22 (связанное с наличием взаимоисключающих обстоятельств; idiom; An example includes: To apply for a job, you need to have a few years of experience; but in order to gain experience you need to get a job. Val_Ships); cluster-fuck (a disastrously mishandled situation or undertaking); dire straits (Val_Ships); Mexican stand-off (когда ни одна из конфликтующих сторон не может одержать верх, но при этом никто не готов идти на компромисс, боясь тем самым признать своё поражение; a Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first Taras) | |||
under | |||
up the tree | |||
hopeless condition | |||
labyrinth; blind alley | |||
cul-de-sac station (Svetuly) | |||
bind | |||
blind gut; no go | |||
dead lift | |||
no-win situation | |||
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in a hole |
безвыходное положение: 152 phrases, 19 sujets |
Américain usage, pas orthographe | 4 |
Argot | 3 |
Cliché/convention | 1 |
Diplomatie | 6 |
Économie | 1 |
Éducation | 1 |
En disant | 2 |
Entreprise | 1 |
Figuratif | 3 |
Figure de style | 1 |
Général | 68 |
Idiomatique | 9 |
Informel | 9 |
Jeux d'jeux. | 1 |
Makarov | 37 |
Médias de masse | 1 |
Militaire | 2 |
Nautique | 1 |
Politique | 1 |