a pretty pass
a pretty pass
A particularly difficult, troublesome, or bad state or situation. (Used especially in the phrase "come to/reach a pretty pass.") Now don't spread this around, but I hear things have come to a pretty pass between Mark and his wife. Negotiations between management and the striking employees reached a pretty pass when the labor union rejected the company's latest deal.
See also: pass, pretty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- come to such a pass
- come to a pretty pass
- get out of a jam
- twist in the wind
- twist in the wind, be left to
- twist slowly in the wind
- get out of a mess
- get out of a/this/that mess
- get (someone) out of a fix
- get out of a fix