up against the wall



*up against the wall

Fig. in serious difficulties. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; push someone ~.) Let's face it, we're up against the wall this time. It's when you're up against the wall that your true character shows.
See also: up, wall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Padma-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
RubeROOBEnglish
Lauma-Latvian, Baltic Mythology
SheriSHER-eeEnglish
Samuelesah-MWE-leItalian
Vercingetorixwer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)Ancient Celtic