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.
See also: on, sticky, wicket

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gavril-Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian
Eutropioe-oo-TRO-pyoSpanish
GershomGUR-shahm (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Edgaras-Lithuanian
NelleNELEnglish
NermİN-Turkish