get (a bit/a little) hairy
get (a bit/a little) hairy
slang Of a situation, to become stressful or unnerving. There's still a lot of tension between them because of the divorce, so things might get a bit hairy if we leave them alone with each other. Driving home is going to get hairy if they don't deal with all that ice on the road.
See also: bit, get, hairy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hairy
- things are getting hairy
- hairy situation
- hairy at the heel
- be under the cosh
- cosh
- out of the frying pan (and) into the fire
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- can't bear to think about (something)
- breathe easy