be in a sticky situation

To be in the midst of or dealing with a particularly awkward, embarrassing, precarious, or difficult situation or circumstance. I knew I was in a sticky situation when the boss saw me kissing his daughter at the movies. I'll be in quite a sticky situation if I arrive at the train station and don't have enough money for the tickets!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Achinoam	-	Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Mohammed	[məu'hæmed]
Artyom	ahr-TYOM	Russian
Murtada	-	Arabic
Thorburn	THAWR-bərn	English (Rare)
Betelgeuse	BEE-təl-joos (English)	Astronomy