| deadlock(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| dilemma(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| dire straits(noun, expression, trouble, change, mess) |
| disaster(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| embarrassment(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| entanglement(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| exigency(noun, trouble, change, twist, mess) |
| extremity(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| height(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| hot potato(noun, expression, trouble, change, mess) |
| hour of decision(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, change) |
| imbroglio(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| impasse(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| juncture(noun, trouble, change, twist, mess) |
| mess(noun, trouble, change, situation, pressure) |
| necessity(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| pass(noun, trouble, change, twist, mess) |
| perplexity(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| pickle(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation) |
| pinch(noun, trouble, change, twist, mess) |