come to a pretty pass
come to 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 thing have come to a pretty pass between Mark and his girlfriend. Negotiations between management and the striking employees came to a pretty pass when the labor union rejected the company's latest deal.
See also: come, pass, pretty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
come to a pretty pass
Fig. to encounter a difficult situation. (This pretty expresses irony.) This project has come to a pretty pass. I don't know how we can possibly finish on time. Mary had come to a pretty pass. She quit her job to be with her husband, and then he left her.
See also: come, pass, pretty
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
come to a pretty pass
reach a bad or regrettable state of affairs.See also: come, pass, pretty
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- come to such a 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 (someone) out of a fix
- get out of a fix