reach a pretty pass

To encounter or develop into a particularly difficult, troublesome, or bad state or situation. Now don't spread this around, but I hear things have reached a pretty pass between Mark and his wife. Negotiations between management and the striking employees reached a pretty pass when the labor union rejected the company's latest deal.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nikon	-	Ancient Greek, Russian
Irinushka	-	Russian
Jacobine	yah-ko-BEE-nə (Dutch)	Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Miraj	-	Arabic
Badurad	-	Ancient Germanic
Yanka	-	Bulgarian