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
Samoil	-	Macedonian
Raisa (2)	-	Yiddish
Mirko	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian
Ballaster	['bælistə]
NadeŽDa	-	Slovak, Serbian, Latvian
Darcy	['dɑ:si]