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Dire straits   /daɪr streɪts/   Listen
Dire straits

noun
1.
A state of extreme distress.  Synonym: desperate straits.





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"Dire straits" Quotes from Famous Books



... of friend in dire straits, himself fell into the bog. It appeared that of 1056 divisions taken in two Sessions he had been absent from 602. Here was another unexpected little ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 • Various
... in dire straits by the falling of the state he had founded; for not only were the North Carolina authorities naturally bitter against him, but he had to count on the personal hostility of Tipton. In his distress he wrote to ...
— The Winning of the West, Volume Three - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 • Theodore Roosevelt


Words linked to "Dire straits" :   strait, pass, desperate straits, straits


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