be on a sticky wicket

be (batting) on a sticky wicket

(British & Australian)

to be in a difficult situation because you have not behaved in the correct way You know you're batting on a sticky wicket there, not paying tax.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marjan (1)	mahr-YAHN	Dutch
Tarasios	-	Late Greek
Pavle	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Georgian
ApolÔNia	ə-poo-LAW-nyə	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rutendo	-	Southern African, Shona
Arsenio	ahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian