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  1. in a pickleadjective

    In a difficult situation or a troubling quandry.

  2. Etymology: The term refers to being in pickling solution, presumably unpleasant. It was first used in English by William Shakespeare in The Tempest (1611), although the phrase had been used in Dutch earlier.

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  1. In a Pickle

    In a Pickle is a card and word game for two to six players. It was published by Gamewright in 2004. The game is sometimes compared to the more popular game of Apples to Apples.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in a pickle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in a pickle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of in a pickle in a Sentence

  1. Martin Deboo:

    Unilever are in something of a pickle in Foods: a pickle that isn't going to be easy to get out of.

  2. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani:

    I ate corned beef at Katz's, New York's greatest, greasiest, pickle-lined melting pot.

  3. Francis Collins:

    We in this country have somehowgotten all fractured into ahyperpolarized politicizedview that never should havebeen mixed with publichealth, it has been ruinous andhistory will judge harshlythose people who havecontinued to defocus theeffort and focus onconspiracies and things thatare demonstrably false. Shameon all us that we’ve gotten intothis kind of pickle.

  4. Daniel Radcliffe:

    We became very good friends, i started learning about Lorenzo Pisoni life … and then I became the most annoying [ person ] … Like, ‘ Oh, you were in The Pickle Family Circus ?! Can you juggle ? ’ It was annoying I ’m sure, but Lorenzo Pisoni was very sweet and humored me. And while the two men shared similar offbeat upbringings in the spotlight, Daniel Radcliffe was more fascinated by their differences and how the spotlight had impacted them over the years.

  5. Lisa Bragança:

    This is a real pickle for UBS to say the collateral value assigned to the closed-end fund shares is zero.


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