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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marjaana	MAHR-yah:-nah	Finnish
Monika	MO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Gwladus	-	Welsh
Liesje	LEE-shə	Dutch
Rhisiart	-	Welsh
Min-Jun	meen-joon	Korean