dire straits

English

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dire straits pl (plural only)

difficult position

Chinese:
Mandarin: 水深火熱／水深火热 (zh) (shuǐshēnhuǒrè)
Dutch: in het nauw
Finnish: vaikeudet pl, hankaluudet pl; ahtaalla (adverb: in dire straits); kiipeli (fi) (informal)
French: mauvaise passe (fr) f
German: furchtbare Notlage f, große Not f, schlimme Lage f
Hungarian: szükséghelyzet (hu)
Japanese: 四苦八苦 (ja) (しくはっく, shikuhakku)
Norwegian: urent farvann n, store vanskeligheter
Polish: tarapaty (pl) nvir
Portuguese: apuro (pt) m, aperto (pt) m, saia justa (pt) (slang), maus lençóis m pl (informal)
Romanian: situație disperată f
Russian: отча́янное положе́ние n (otčájannoje položénije), бе́дственное положе́ние n (bédstvennoje položénije), больша́я беда́ f (bolʹšája bedá)
Serbo-Croatian: u škripcu
Spanish: gran aprieto
Swedish: trångmål (sv)

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