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.
See also:
  • 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