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
Matej	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Fons	FAWNS	Dutch
Ehud	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hunfrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Takouhi	-	Armenian
Alf (3)	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish