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| ⇒ in dire straits; desperate straits | |||
| безвыходное положение (Val_Ships) | |||
| отчаянное положение (в т.ч. финансовое; a state of extreme distress: After being shipwrecked on the island, we were in dire straits. • It might help you to know that my wife Kate and I have been through dire straits ourselves.); сложная, опасная ситуация (andrew_K); финансовые трудности (Now, Allan alone is steering the Island's oldest professional regional theater, often through dire straits. 4uzhoj); безденежье (4uzhoj) | |||
| огонь, вода и медные трубы (4uzhoj) | |||
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| Дайр Стрейтс (британская рок-группа) | |||
| dire straits: 45 phrases in 7 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 2 |
| General | 20 |
| Idiomatic | 14 |
| Law | 1 |
| Makarov | 5 |
| Mass media | 2 |
| Production | 1 |