help (someone) out of a fix

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help (someone) out of a fix

To help someone avoid or escape from some troublesome, difficult, or dangerous position or situation. My father's always having to go down to the courthouse to help my knuckle-headed brother out of some fix or another. Thanks so much for staying late with me to finish that report the other day—you really helped me out of a fix!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ulises	oo-LEE-ses	Spanish
TÂNia	-	Portuguese
Roser	-	Catalan
Oliver	AHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
Sharar	-	Biblical
Lucina	loo-SEEN-ə (English)	Roman Mythology