a pretty pass

A particularly difficult, troublesome, or bad state or situation. (Used especially in the phrase "come to/reach a pretty pass.") Now don't spread this around, but I hear things have come to a pretty pass between Mark and his wife. Negotiations between management and the striking employees reached a pretty pass when the labor union rejected the company's latest deal.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sandie	SAN-dee	English (Rare)
&Aelig;Lfstan	-	Anglo-Saxon
Palmer	PAHL-mər, PAH-mər	English
Ove	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Jirair	-	Armenian
Klaos	KLAWS	Limburgish