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in a cleft stick
in a cleft stick
(British & Australian old-fashioned) if someone is in a cleft stick, they have a problem which is very difficult to solve I'm in a real cleft stick because I can't sell my house. Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Aisyah | | - | Indonesian |
| Iphigenia | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Coos | | KO:S | Dutch |
| Nur | | NOOR (Arabic) | Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay |
| Evaristus | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Althea | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |