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单词 a sticky wicket
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a sticky wicket

1 Cricket A pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult to bat on.Supporters heading to today's game at Wandella would be pleased to know that the rain also failed to turn Wandella Road into a sticky wicket....
  • True, it spoke without much inflection, as if reporting a cricket score from a sticky wicket.
  • The Bears were sent in on a sticky wicket and were soon in trouble at 3-7.
1.1 informal A tricky or awkward situation: I might be on a sticky wicket if I used that line...
  • The controlling group needs to know they are going to be on a sticky wicket with this.
  • With increasing education levels, and rising standards of living (with rising expectations) China's fascist rulers are on a sticky wicket.
  • The Democratic Presidential nominee, who has been railing against outsourcing, is walking on a sticky wicket on the issue.
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