adv. phr. , informal In trouble or likely to have trouble. If you have only those two girls to help you, you are in a bad way. Jerry has written only one sentence of his term paper that is due tomorrow, and he knows he is in a bad way. Mrs. Jones has cancer and is in a bad way. A new supermarket opened across the street, and the Peters' grocery business was soon in a bad way.
IN A BAD WAY
Meaning of IN A BAD WAY in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012