John has gotten himself into a pickle. He has two dates for the party.
•Now we are in a pretty pickle. We are out of gas.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
be in a pretty pickle — be in a (pretty/right) pickle old fashioned, informal to be in a difficult situation. If you run out of money in the middle of your stay you ll be in a right pickle … New idioms dictionary
pickle — Synonyms and related words: acid, acidulant, anhydrate, baffle, bafflement, bearings, bewilderment, bind, blast freeze, booze up, boozify, bother, box, bread and butter pickle, brine, case, chokecherry, circumstance, clutch, complication,… … Moby Thesaurus
pickle — 1 noun 1 (U) a strong tasting liquid made with vinegar, used to preserve vegetables 2 (U) BrE a thick cold sauce eaten with food, made from pieces of vegetables preserved in vinegar: sweet pickle | cheese and pickle sandwiches 3 (C, U) AmE a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pickle — pick|le1 [ˈpıkəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch pekel, peekel] 1.) [U and C] BrE a thick cold sauce that is made from pieces of vegetables preserved in ↑vinegar. It is usually eaten with cold meat or cheese ▪ cheese and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pickle — n 1. cucumber pickle, cornichon, gherkin, dill pickle, dill, sweet pickle, sour pickle, bread and butter pickle, pickled watermelon rind; relish, piccalilli, chili, chili sauce, chowchow, chutney. 2. brine, steep, marinade, sauce, soy sauce,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Pickle Barrel House — Infobox nrhp | name =Pickle Barrel House nrhp type = caption = location= Burt Township, Michigan lat degrees = 46 | lat minutes = 40 | lat seconds = 16.03 | lat direction = N long degrees = 85 | long minutes = 59 | long seconds = 5.07 | long… … Wikipedia
pretty kettle of fish — a mess, a dilemma, a predicament, a fix, a pickle … English contemporary dictionary
be in a right pickle — be in a (pretty/right) pickle old fashioned, informal to be in a difficult situation. If you run out of money in the middle of your stay you ll be in a right pickle … New idioms dictionary
be in a pickle — be in a (pretty/right) pickle old fashioned, informal to be in a difficult situation. If you run out of money in the middle of your stay you ll be in a right pickle … New idioms dictionary
bind — Synonyms and related words: accept obligation, adjoin, afterthought, agglutinate, agree to, ally, anchor, annoyance, answer for, apply, apprentice, article, associate, attach, band, bandage, bar, be answerable for, be responsible for, be security … Moby Thesaurus
clutch — Synonyms and related words: abduct, adhere to, amount, array, batch, bear hug, bind, bite, body, brood, budget, bunch, bundle, carry off, catch, cherish, chunk, clamp, clasp, cleave to, clench, climacteric, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clump,… … Moby Thesaurus
