| 单词 | on a sticky wicket |
| 释义 | > as lemmason a sticky wicket (b) figurative. colloquial. sticky wicket: an awkward or difficult situation. Chiefly in on a sticky wicket: facing an awkward or difficult situation; in difficulties. Also more fully in to bat (also play) on a sticky wicket: to contend with difficulties. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > have to contend with difficulties to row against the (wind and) tide (also stream, flood, etc.)c1230 to have a tough (hard, long, etc.) row to hoe1810 to spell baker1868 to bat (also play) on a sticky wicket1930 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 14 Apr. 6/4 I am afraid tonight, owing to the rain we have had in this island of Springs, I am batting on rather a sticky wicket. 1931 Times 8 Dec. 14/4 Paying a tribute to the work of Sir Stanley Jackson, who had held the office of Governor of Bengal during a most trying time, Lord Willingdon said:—He has played on a terribly sticky wicket all the time he has been here. 1952 National News-Let. 24 Jan. 244 It must be clearly understood that Mr. Churchill was batting on a very sticky wicket in Washington. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble ix. 177 Until substantial reinforcements could arrive we should be batting, in the language of Mr. Naunton Wayne, on a very sticky wicket. 1964 Language 40 239 Enmeshed in these remarks, however, is a sticky wicket. 1971 Cabinet Maker & Retail Furnisher 24 Sept. 517 When it comes..to moulded plastics of various kinds, then the timber producer is on a stickier wicket. 2007 Economist 5 May 56/1 Some of the islands' economies may face a sticky wicket. < as lemmas |
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