in a jam

in(to) a jam

Fig. in(to) a difficult situation. Mary cannot keep track of the many times Dave got himself into a jam. I found myself in a jam when my car overheated on the highway.

in a jam

mod. in a difficult situation. I think I’m sort of in a jam.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Irmuska	EER-moosh-kaw	Hungarian (Rare)
Iohannes	-	Biblical Latin
Benigna	-	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Vlad	VLAHT (Russian)	Russian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Jenelle	jə-NEL	English
Maura (1)	MOW-rah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Late Roman