in the lurch

In a difficult or embarrassing position.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Charles	[tʃɑ:lz]
Doran	-	Irish
Kamal (2)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Petrus	PE-truws (German)	Dutch, German, Biblical Latin
Yeter	-	Turkish
Dragoslava	-	Serbian, Medieval Slavic