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dire_straits

dire straits

English

Noun

dire straits pl ‎(plural only)

A difficult position
After being shipwrecked on the island we were in dire straits‎

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:difficult situation

Translations

difficult position

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水深火熱 (zh), 水深火热 (zh) ‎(shuǐshēnhuǒrè)
Dutch: in het nauw
Finnish: vaikeudet pl, hankaluudet pl; ahtaalla (adverb: in dire straits); kiipeli (informal)
French: mauvaise passe (fr)
German: (verzweifelte) Notlage (de) f
Hungarian: szükséghelyzet
Japanese: 四苦八苦 (ja) ‎(しくはっく, shikuhakku)

Norwegian: urent farvann n
Portuguese: apuro (pt) m, aperto (pt) m
Russian: отча́янное положе́ние n ‎(otčájannoje položénije), бе́дственное положе́ние n ‎(bédstvennoje položénije), больша́я беда́ f ‎(bolʹšája bedá)
Serbo-Croatian: u škripcu
Spanish: gran aprieto
Swedish: trångmål (sv)