- be dire/desperate straits
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English to Turkish dictionary. 2009.
be dire/desperate straits
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be in desperate straits — be in dire/desperate/straits phrase to be in a very difficult situation, especially one involving a lack of money She was in dire straits and couldn’t get a loan. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym … Useful english dictionary
desperate straits — noun a state of extreme distress • Syn: ↑dire straits • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑strait, ↑straits … Useful english dictionary
straits — n. difficulties 1) desperate, dire; financial straits 2) in desperate straits * * * dire financial straits [ difficulties ] desperate in desperate straits … Combinatory dictionary
dire straits — noun a state of extreme distress • Syn: ↑desperate straits • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑strait, ↑straits * * * Dire Straits [Dire Straits] a British pop group formed … Useful english dictionary
straits — noun 1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs • Syn: ↑pass, ↑strait • Hypernyms: ↑situation • Hyponyms: ↑desperate straits, ↑dire straits 2. a difficult juncture … Useful english dictionary
desperate — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, accident prone, aching for, acute, affording no hope, amok, apathetic, atrocious, bacchic, baffled, balked, berserk, bleak, breakneck, careless, cheerless, climacteric, comfortless, compelling, concentrated … Moby Thesaurus
be in dire straits — be in dire/desperate/straits phrase to be in a very difficult situation, especially one involving a lack of money She was in dire straits and couldn’t get a loan. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym … Useful english dictionary
strait — UK [streɪt] / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms strait : singular strait plural straits a narrow area of water that joins two larger areas of water • be in dire/desperate straits to be in a very difficult situation, especially one… … English dictionary
strait — strait1 [ streıt ] noun count often plural a narrow area of water that joins two larger areas of water be in dire/desperate straits to be in a very difficult situation, especially one involving a lack of money strait strait 2 [ streıt ] adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pickle — 1. noun, informal they got into a real pickle over this one Syn: plight, predicament, mess, difficulty, trouble, dire/desperate straits, problem, quandary; informal tight corner, tight spot, jam, fix, scrape, bind, hole, hot water … Thesaurus of popular words
strait — [[t]stre͟ɪt[/t]] straits 1) N COUNT: oft in names You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually. ...the Straits of Gibraltar. 2) N… … English dictionary
