1
scramble
1
screw-up(noun, disorder, confusion, ineffectiveness, ineptitude)
1
shambles(noun, disorder, confusion, mess)
1
slough
1
spot
1
squeeze
1
stew
1
sticky wicket
1
strait
1
swamp
1
tangle(noun, disorder, confusion, mess)
1
throe(noun, trouble, drag, hardship, jam)
1
ticklish spot(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, distress)
1
tight spot
1
tight squeeze
1
tightrope
1
topsy-turvydom
1
tough break(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, distress)
1
tough luck(noun, expression, trouble, difficulty, distress)
1
trial(noun, trouble, collapse, disaster, drag)
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