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in a cleft stick
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Uriel | | YUWR-ee-əl (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
Alisa | | ah-LEE-sah (Russian), AH-lee-sah (Finnish) | Russian, Finnish |
Godwine | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Fitch | | [fitʃ] | |
Pansy | | PAN-zee | English |
Jamesina | | - | Scottish |