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
Niloufar	-	Persian
Ace	[eis]
ŞIvan	-	Kurdish
Raisa (2)	-	Yiddish
Aleksej	-	Slovene
Odovacar	o-do-VAY-kər (English)	Ancient Germanic