be in a jam

be in (a bit of) a jam

(old-fashioned)

to be in a difficult situation I'm in bit of a jam. Could you possibly lend me some money till next week?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tirta	TEER-tah	Indonesian
Kahurangi	-	Maori
Thor	THOR (English), TOR (Danish), TOOR (Swedish, Norwegian)	Norse Mythology, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Toini	TOY-nee	Finnish
Gull	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nkruma	-	Western African, Akan