in the lurch

In a difficult or embarrassing position.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mead	[mi:d]
Natalie	['nætəli]
Usha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Szabina	SAW-bee-naw	Hungarian
Buchanan	[bju:'kænən]
Konstantin	KAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)	German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian