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on a knife edge (if a person is on a knife-edge, he is in a difficult situation and worried about what will happen in the future КГА); in difficulty ("Each village, however small, usually contains a leader, one among themselves whom they venerate, whose advice they seek in difficulty, and whose good opinion they chiefly value." The Last Man by Mary Shelley aldrignedigen); behind the eight-ball | |||
over a barrel (Andrey Truhachev); over the barrel (Andrey Truhachev); trapped (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
up against something | |||
up against it | |||
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one's number is up |
в трудной ситуации: 26 phrases in 8 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 3 |
Australian | 1 |
Common law Anglo-Saxon legal system | 1 |
General | 13 |
Idiomatic | 3 |
Makarov | 2 |
Slang | 2 |
Vulgar | 1 |