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.

• be far and away the worst
• be [faster/hotter/thinner etc.] than all get out
• be faster than all get out
• be fed sick to the back teeth
• be fed up to the back teeth
• be few and far between
• be fighting fit
• be fighting for life
• be fighting for your life
• be fighting mad
• be firing on all cylinders
• be first among equals
• be first off the mark
• be first past the post
• be fit to be tied
• be flat broke
• be flesh and blood
• be floating on air
• be flying high
• be footloose and fancy-free
• before can say Jack Robinson
• before could blink
• before know it
• before knows what hit
• before knows what hit them