BE (CAUGHT) IN A CLEFT STICK

Meaning of BE (CAUGHT) IN A CLEFT STICK in English

to be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAUGHT — see: catch II. adjective Date: 1858 pregnant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STICK
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEFT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAUGHT — I. past of catch II. past part of catch • - caught dead - caught short III. adjective Etymology: caught …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEFT — (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
Английский словарь Webster
CLEFT — (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
Английский словарь Webster
CLEFT — (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
Английский словарь Webster
CAUGHT — () imp. & p. p. of Catch.
Английский словарь Webster
CAUGHT — (imp. & p. p.) of Catch
Английский словарь Webster
CLEFT — ( n. ) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEFT — ( n. ) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUGHT — imp. & p. p. of Catch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUGHT — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Catch
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STICK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEFT — cleft 1 /kleft/ , n. 1. a space or opening made by cleavage; a split. 2. a division formed by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAUGHT — /kawt/ , v. pt. and pp. of catch .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STICK — I. ˈstik noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEFT — I. ˈkleft noun Etymology: Middle English clift, from Old English geclyft; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAUGHT — I. ˈkȯt past and past participle of catch II. adjective Date: 1858 : pregnant — often used in the phrase …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STICK — vt a thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. 2. stick ·vi to cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. 3. stick …
Webster English vocab
CLEFT — imp. & ·p.p. from cleave. 2. cleft ·p.p. of cleave. 3. cleft ·impf of cleave. 4. cleft ·adj divided; split; …
Webster English vocab
CAUGHT — imp. & ·p.p. of catch. 2. caught ·impf & ·p.p. of catch.
Webster English vocab
CAUGHT — past and past participle of catch .
Concise Oxford English vocab
STICK — [stick] n [ME stik, fr. OE sticca; akin to ON stik stick, OE stician to stick] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEFT — [cleft] n [ME clift, fr. OE geclyft; akin to OE cleofan to cleave] (14c) 1: a space or opening made …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAUGHT — [caught] past and past part of catch [2]caught adj (1858): pregnant--often used in the phrase get caught
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEFT — cleft BrE AmE kleft ▷ clefts klefts ▶ ˌ cleft ˈ palate BrE AmE ▶ ˌ cleft ˈ stick BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAUGHT — caught BrE AmE kɔːt kɑːt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STICK — / stɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( stuck , stuck / stʌk; NAmE /) PUSH STH IN …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEFT — / kleft; NAmE / noun , adjective —see also cleave verb ■ noun a natural opening or crack, for example …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUGHT — pt, pp of catch
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STICK — I. stick 1 S1 W3 /stɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEFT — I. cleft 1 /kleft/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: geclyft ] 1 . a natural …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAUGHT — caught /kɔːt $ kɒːt/ BrE AmE the past tense and past participle of ↑ catch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STICK — v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEFT — adj. split, partly divided. cleft palate a congenital split in the roof of the mouth. in a cleft stick in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STICK — 1. n.1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed …
Oxford English vocab
CLEFT — 1. adj. split, partly divided. Phrases and idioms: cleft palate a congenital split in the roof of the mouth. in …
Oxford English vocab
CAUGHT — past and past part. of CATCH.
Oxford English vocab
CLEFT — ( clefts) 1. A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. ...a narrow …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUGHT — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAUGHT — Caught is the past tense and past participle of catch .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STICK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEFT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cleft lip cleft palate EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a cleft in the granite …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAUGHT — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be captured/caught on video (= recorded on video ) ▪ The crime was captured on video. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEFT — lip/palate [adjective]Bobby was born with a cleft lip and a cleft palate (= an opening in his lip and in …
Cambridge English vocab
CAUGHT — [past simple] and [past participle] of catch
Cambridge English vocab
CAUGHT — Synonyms and related words : aground, anchored, arrested, chained, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, fast, fastened, fixed, gripped, grounded, held, high …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STICK — INDEX: 1. to join one thing to another, especially using glue 2. when one thing sticks to another 3. something …
Longman Activator English vocab
CAUGHT — • ↑ be caught napping • ↑ get caught up in
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEFT — n. 25B6; noun a deep cleft in the rocks : SPLIT, slit, crack, fissure, crevice, rift, break, fracture, rent, breach. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAUGHT — mod (sl) беременная
Dirty English-Russian vocab
STICK — v. 1 pierce, thrust, stab, transfix, pin, spike, impale, spear, spit, run through, poke, gore, jab, prick, puncture, punch, penetrate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STICK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEFT — I сущ. расселина, трещина Syn : crack II прил. расщепленный cleft palate ≈ волчья пасть in a cleft stick ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAUGHT — 1) задетый 2) выловленный 3) наловленный 4) словленный 5) уловленный ∙ - be caught past и p.p. от catch caught …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAUGHT — Ловить
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STICK
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