生活中的困境无处不在，有时候我们在学习中也会陷入困境，想告诉你的外国朋友你的困境，或者你听说的别人的困境，你是不是总在用”difficult position”呢？怎么用更地道方式表达呢？我们看Joy and Chris是怎么用的吧！

C: Hi guys. I’m Chris.
 
J: And I’m Joy. Today we are covering the idiom: in a tight corner. It means to be in a difficult situation that is not easy to escape from or deal with. You can say it like this:

I’m in a tight corner. / He’s going to be in a tight corner. / They’ve been in a tight corner.

C: We always see a similar scene in the movies. A guy being chased by some bad people and he runs into a dead end alley. Imagine that for a second. That is a very difficult situation to get out of. So we call that being in a tight corner. I know that especially during the epidemic a lot of people are in a tight corner. Maybe because they can’t get the full salary or they can’t find jobs. And sometimes, we hear about people who bought their houses on loans and couldn’t keep paying their debts. So the bank came and took their houses away. You can say that they were in a tight corner. Let’s take a look at a conversation:

 

 
J: Hey Jeremy. I heard your company got the bid.
 
C: Yeah our company’s been in a tight corner recently. We really need this project.
 

 

J: Are you in a tight corner with your English? We can help you out! Contact us for our private English classes!
 
C: Yup and remember to share our channel with your friends and family! Talk to you next time! Bye!