A tight spot/corner In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "a tight spot/corner", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Skylar Chau

2020-08-03 06:08

In a Pickle , be in hot water , in Dutch

A tight spot/corner informal

If you are in a tight spot/corner, you are in a situation that is awkward or difficult to escape.

Jane does not know what to do whenever she is in a tight spot.

It is you who are putting us in a tight spot.

He put his parents in a tight corner with his debts.

To punish someone or something harshly

draw the short straw

To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable

time marches on

Time keeps passing.

soften/cushion the blow

To make a difficult experience less serious; to make the situation better

The author of your own misfortune

to be blamed because of one's own problem

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Fool Me Once, Shame On You

If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.

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Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

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