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Meaning of "desperate straits"
Desperate straits: This phrase is typically used to describe a situation of extreme difficulty or danger. When someone is in desperate straits, they are in a very tough spot and may feel like they have run out of options
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The desperate straits brought about acceptance.
You said you were in desperate straits.
Post-war Italy was in desperate straits and whole regions were plunged into unspeakable poverty.
One hates to see a woman alone in desperate straits.
But I am not in desperate straits as the dog in your story is.
I am writing to you because we are in desperate straits.
However, Erdogan 's regime is in such desperate straits that this can not be completely dismissed.
They also cut the music at midnight we are in desperate straits.
She was in desperate straits.
Difficult to imagine how she should find herself in such desperate straits.
The countries neighbouring Iraq are in desperate straits and in dire need of support.
I happen to know you are delivering your nightly financial folderol because you are in desperate straits.
I help people in desperate straits.
The population has fled, leaving behind a relatively small number of people in desperate straits.
A country and its people are first brought to desperate straits by poverty and economic collapse.
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The psalmist David too called out to the Lord when he was in desperate straits.
Nino Blu is in desperate straits.
Exports finally have begun to pick up, but the economy is still in desperate straits.
István Dobó, Commander of Eger, is in desperate straits and asks for reinforcement.
They have become quite adept, at dealing with authoritarian governments with economies in desperate straits.
Because you are in desperate straits.
So, Susan in desperate straits was very different than the Susan that I knew.
Those are signs of a team in desperate straits.
Think of your kindness to me when I was a stranger in desperate straits.
Seriously, you are in desperate straits.
Now their credit lines have been cut off, and they are in desperate straits.
So, you know, people who are in desperate straits can get this.
Meanwhile, 3.6 million people in Haiti and a million in Cuba are also in desperate straits.
The insurrection was in desperate straits.
I appreciate you selling me my boat back. When I sold it, I was in desperate straits.
Your Majesty, István Dobó, Commander of Eger, is in desperate straits and asks for reinforcement.
Dear Mr. Getty, Right? I am writing to you because we are in desperate straits.
As you can imagine, I am in kind of … desperate straits.
The flock Jesus had left behind was in desperate straits.
Your body 's hormonal system is now in desperate straits.
He was a big kid, and the family was in desperate straits.
Go on . Do this for us, and if you are ever in desperate straits.
However, this “ self ” conscious world is in desperate straits.
Dear Mr. Getty, I'm writing to you because we're in desperate straits.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures
You were like some desperate howling demon
Desperate to take a little piece of home with me
