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单词 when the chips are down
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when the chips are down

informal

when you are in a very difficult or dangerous situation, especially one that makes you understand the true value of people or things:

One day when the chips are down, you will know who your true friends are.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences

  • a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
  • a cloud on the horizon idiom
  • a fate worse than death idiom
  • a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
  • a narrow squeak idiom
  • barrel
  • bind
  • crunch
  • curse
  • eventuality
  • fate
  • feeding frenzy
  • going
  • have a bumpy ride idiom
  • rum
  • schtuck
  • shtook
  • stalemate
  • standoff
  • vortex

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