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desperate straits — noun a state of extreme distress • Syn: ↑dire straits • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑strait, ↑straits … Useful english dictionary
straits — n. difficulties 1) desperate, dire; financial straits 2) in desperate straits * * * dire financial straits [ difficulties ] desperate in desperate straits … Combinatory dictionary
straits — noun 1. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs • Syn: ↑pass, ↑strait • Hypernyms: ↑situation • Hyponyms: ↑desperate straits, ↑dire straits 2. a difficult juncture … Useful english dictionary
desperate — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, accident prone, aching for, acute, affording no hope, amok, apathetic, atrocious, bacchic, baffled, balked, berserk, bleak, breakneck, careless, cheerless, climacteric, comfortless, compelling, concentrated … Moby Thesaurus
Desperate (Daphne Khoo album) — Desperate Studio album by Daphne Khoo Recorded 2006 2007 in Singapore Genre … Wikipedia
Straits — Strait Strait, n.; pl. {Straits}. [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See {Strait}, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage. [1913 Webster] He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. Spenser. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dire straits — noun a state of extreme distress • Syn: ↑desperate straits • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑strait, ↑straits * * * Dire Straits [Dire Straits] a British pop group formed … Useful english dictionary
be in dire straits — be in dire/desperate/straits phrase to be in a very difficult situation, especially one involving a lack of money She was in dire straits and couldn’t get a loan. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym … Useful english dictionary
strait — [[t]stre͟ɪt[/t]] straits 1) N COUNT: oft in names You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually. ...the Straits of Gibraltar. 2) N… … English dictionary
Swindle (chess) — In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss.[1][2][3][4][5] It may also refer more generally to obtaining a win or draw from a clearly… … Wikipedia
