sticky wicket
Example Sentences
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Another sticky wicket for my husband and I: How well should the chores be done?
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2019
The whole issue of 2018 estimated r.e. taxes paid in 2017 will be an extremely sticky wicket.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017
"They are on a sticky wicket with the law," says Ben Goodger, an expert on international IP law and a partner at the law firm Edwards Wildman Palmer.
From BBC • May 28, 2013
Presumably no one associated with creating the characters wanted to go there, to get into such a sticky wicket.
From Time • Aug. 9, 2012
“My advice is to not get tangled up with the law to begin with. Once you do, it’s a sticky wicket, that’s for sure! Not easy to extricate oneself, har har.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
