reach a pretty pass

To encounter or develop into a particularly difficult, troublesome, or bad state or situation. Now don't spread this around, but I hear things have reached 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.

词组	reach a pretty pass
释义	reach a pretty pass reach a pretty pass To encounter or develop into a particularly difficult, troublesome, or bad state or situation. Now don't spread this around, but I hear things have reached 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, reach Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: come to such a pass come to a pretty pass 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 out of a fix
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