英语词组in a cleft stick是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

in a cleft stick

British & Australian, old-fashioned if someone is in a cleft stick, they have a problem which is very difficult to solve.

I'm in a real cleft stick because I can't sell my house.Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick.

in a cleft stick

In a problematic or difficult situation; having only undesirable or unfavorable options from which to choose. (From the image of being wedged into a crack in a stick, unable to move.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Well, we're caught in a cleft stick now! Do we start pushing the car towards town, or hope that someone passes by with a can of petrol? With such unlikable candidates, the public has been left in a cleft stick.

in a cleft stick

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED

If you are in a cleft stick, you are in a difficult situation which you cannot solve easily. I'm in something of a cleft stick — whatever I do, I'll upset someone. Note: This expression may refer to the practice of trapping snakes by holding them down behind the head with a cleft stick (= stick that is Y-shaped at the end).

词组	in a cleft stick
释义	Idiom in a cleft stick British & Australian, old-fashioned if someone is in a cleft stick, they have a problem which is very difficult to solve. I'm in a real cleft stick because I can't sell my house.Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick. in a cleft stick In a problematic or difficult situation; having only undesirable or unfavorable options from which to choose. (From the image of being wedged into a crack in a stick, unable to move.) Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Well, we're caught in a cleft stick now! Do we start pushing the car towards town, or hope that someone passes by with a can of petrol? With such unlikable candidates, the public has been left in a cleft stick. in a cleft stick BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED If you are in a cleft stick, you are in a difficult situation which you cannot solve easily. I'm in something of a cleft stick — whatever I do, I'll upset someone. Note: This expression may refer to the practice of trapping snakes by holding them down behind the head with a cleft stick (= stick that is Y-shaped at the end).
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