A list of 57 words by rolig.
- quagmire appears on 176 other lists
- jam appears on 41 other lists
- fix appears on 32 other lists
- dilemma appears on 36 other lists
- predicament appears on 57 other lists
- pickle appears on 80 other lists
- quandary appears on 127 other lists
- mess appears on 15 other lists
- riddle appears on 36 other lists
- enigma appears on 158 other lists
- can of worms appears on 10 other lists
- pandora's box appears on 4 other lists
- no-win situation appears on just this list
- tight spot appears on just this list
- corner appears on 21 other lists
- dead end appears on 3 other lists
- cul-de-sac appears on 35 other lists
- vicious circle appears on 10 other lists
- between a rock and a hard place appears on 2 other lists
- up against the wall appears on just this list
- crisis appears on 22 other lists
- hot spot appears on 5 other lists
- situation appears on 11 other lists
- sticky wicket appears on 10 other lists
- bogged down appears on just this list
- conundrum appears on 210 other lists
- up the creek appears on 2 other lists
- fecoventilary situation appears on just this list
- between scylla and charybdis appears on 3 other lists
- deep doo-doo appears on just this list
- deep shit appears on 2 other lists
- in the weeds appears on 1 other list
- bitch appears on 54 other lists
- between the devil and the deep blue sea appears on 9 other lists
- the devil to pay appears on 1 other list
- on tenterhooks appears on 1 other list
- bummer appears on 17 other lists
- queer street appears on 3 other lists
- on the rocks appears on 4 other lists
- in the lions' den appears on 1 other list
- not out of the woods yet appears on 1 other list
- at the end of one's rope appears on 1 other list
- at one's wits' end appears on just this list
- lurch appears on 30 other lists
- cross appears on 57 other lists
- imbroglio appears on 216 other lists
- bind appears on 16 other lists
- belly up appears on 5 other lists
- rub appears on 25 other lists
- going through hell appears on just this list
- dulcarnon appears on 4 other lists
- dire straits appears on 4 other lists
- débâcle appears on just this list
- debacle appears on 115 other lists
- fiasco appears on 86 other lists
- donnybrook appears on 67 other lists
- slippery slope appears on 10 other lists
marky cool list! Jun 23, 2011
misterpolly Nice list!
Heads you win, tails I lose. Jan 27, 2008
treeseed going off the rails Jan 27, 2008
sionnach in a bind?
a scrape? or a tight scrape?
gone belly up?
running out of options?
circling the drain?
doomed? Jan 27, 2008
mollusque "Gone goose" is American slang going back to around 1830. I was thinking along the lines of dead in the water, but it's closer to the current meaning of "dead duck". Maybe it doesn't fit, since it's the result of the problem, not the problem itself. Dec 19, 2007
bilby Between the devil and the deep blue sea. Dec 19, 2007
rolig Never heard of "gone goose", mollusque. Where does that come from? Dec 19, 2007
mollusque How about gone goose? Dec 18, 2007
reesetee Great list, rolig! (Minerva, thanks for suggesting "in the weeds.") Dec 17, 2007
sonofgroucho Superb idea for a list! Dec 16, 2007
minerva Yes, it's diner lingo, said to be originally a military term. Dec 15, 2007
rolig Thanks all!
Minerva, I'm not familiar with "in the weeds" - reesetee says it's restaurant jargon?
Skipvia, thanks for the sandbox idea, but I think I will confine this list to noun phrases, and occasionally adjectives, and prepositional phrases of place.
Oroboros, thanks for reminding me about those horns, but the fecal sandwich I'll have to think about.
Bilby, I always use a conundrum!
Dec 15, 2007
bilby I'm not playing beach volleyball with skipvia any more. Dec 15, 2007
oroboros Horns of a dilemma? Shit sandwich? Dec 15, 2007
skipvia We used to say "he shit in his own sandbox" to describe someone who created his own problems.
Come to think of it, I still do... Dec 15, 2007
skipvia Very cool list! How about "up the creek without a paddle?" Dec 15, 2007
minerva How about in the weeds? Dec 15, 2007
bilby Conundrum is a word with a memorable sound to it. Nice list idea rollie. Dec 15, 2007