| pickle(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| pinch(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| poverty(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| predicament(noun, trouble, condition, dilemma, quandary) |
| rotten luck(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| scrape(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| spot(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| state(noun, trouble, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| sticky situation(noun, expression, predicament, quandary, crunch) |
| straits(noun, trouble, distress, condition, predicament) |
| ticklish spot(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| tight spot(noun, expression, predicament, quandary, crunch) |
| tough break(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| tough luck(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| trouble(noun, condition, predicament, dilemma) |
| underdevelopment(distress, plight, impoverishment) |
| unholy mess(expression, distress, plight, impoverishment) |