tight spot

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "tight spot":
      bind, clutch, complication, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, doghouse,
      embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do,
      hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio,
      jam, mess, mix, morass, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pigeonhole,
      pinch, playhouse, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle,
      pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, slough, spot,
      squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, swamp,
      tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess