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
Miljana	-	Serbian
Hyacinth	['haiəsinθ]
Kian (2)	-	English (Modern)
Alexey	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Sonal	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Sroel	-	Yiddish