tangled up with (something)

involved in something that is difficult to get out of.

It is a huge mistake to get tangled up with drugs.

The Development Commission got tangled up in a controversy and lawsuit over a gravel plant located along the railroad tracks.

• a pit stop
• a place in the sun
• a plain Jane
• a play on words
• a poacher turned gamekeeper
• a poisoned chalice
• a poison-pen letter
• a political football
• a poor man's
• a poor man's someone
• a poor man's something
• a poor relation
• a port of call
• a powder keg
• apple of eye
• apple of someone's eye
• apple of your eye
• apples and oranges
• a pretty kettle of fish
• a prima donna
• a prime mover
• a priori
• a prophet of doom
• a pub crawl
• a put-up job