tangled up with (someone or something)
tangled up with (someone or something)
Involved, embroiled, or entrapped with someone or something that proves to be awkward, difficult, or troublesome. I don't know why I ever got tangled up with them—they've only gotten me in trouble! His money is all tangled up with some dodgy investment firm.
See also: tangled, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- catch a Tartar
- customer
- catch a tiger by the tail
- an awkward customer
- get (someone) out of a fix
- come to such a pass
- come to a pretty pass
- a pretty pass
- tangle
- tangled