in a fine pickle

in a fine pickle
разг.
(in a fine (pretty или sorry) pickle)
в полном беспорядке, вверх дном; в плачевном состоянии

I'm all fagged out, and I've got that marriage ceremony to perform in less than half an hour. It's too late for me to hunt up anybody else to ring the bell, and if you don't ring it for me, I'll be in a pretty pickle. (E. Caldwell, ‘Georgia Boy’, ‘The Day We Rang the Bell’) — Я совсем измучился, а у меня через полчаса венчание в церкви. Звонаря разыскивать уже поздно, и, если вы не согласитесь помочь, я просто не знаю, как мне быть.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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