Examples of 'sticky wicket' in a sentence

Meaning of "sticky wicket"

Sticky wicket: A challenging or difficult situation that is tricky to navigate or resolve. This idiom is often used in a metaphorical sense to describe complex problems or predicaments
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  • A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
  • A difficult or unpredictable situation.

How to use "sticky wicket" in a sentence

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sticky wicket
You mean you were in a sticky wicket.
Bit of a sticky wicket what.
Though this does create a bit of a sticky wicket.
Quite a sticky wicket you have gotten yourself into.
There were times when he was on a sticky wicket with me.
It 's a sticky wicket that bumps while breaking down.
Let us take care of one sticky wicket at a time.
Comparing forced induction to natural aspiration is always a sticky wicket.
We have got a sticky wicket.
Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket.
Caught you on a sticky wicket.
Baptism is a sticky wicket for a variety of reasons, some of which I have mentioned.
Do not want to have to contend with a sticky wicket.
This is a sticky wicket.
Morris won the toss and elected to bat on a sticky wicket.

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That is a sticky wicket.
Learning to price your services and goods can be a sticky wicket.
I was reading about a sticky wicket at the Oval.
I had to pull quite a few strings to get you off that sticky wicket.
Though this does create a bit of a sticky wicket in regards to Chief Sousa.
A wet wicket drying under a hot sun would soon become a sticky wicket.
Though this does create a bit of a sticky wicket in regards to Chief Sousa. A sticky what?
Would not give a tuppence for that sticky wicket.
That 's a sticky wicket.
I am afraid I have got a bit of a sticky wicket.
Quite the sticky wicket I find myself in, hmm?
Clearly on some kind of sticky wicket.
Bit of a sticky wicket what . - I say I can do with a spot of hot water.
This is a bit of a sticky wicket.
In spite of what that pilot said, I think we are batting at a very sticky wicket.
Oh, this is a sticky wicket.
In reply, Australia was in trouble after rain turned the pitch into a sticky wicket.
But here 's the sticky wicket.
Seeing as how your client's already on the transport. Well, that's a bit of a sticky wicket.
It 's a bit of a sticky wicket.
Unfortunately, this gets to be a bit of a sticky wicket.
And so the sticky wicket joke was…? yes.
You are on a bit of a sticky wicket.
As Zoey would say, I am in a bit of a sticky wicket.
Hmm … This is a sticky wicket.
When a man starts talking about principles, he knows he's on a sticky wicket.
I am in a bit of a sticky wicket.
Should we use captains again this year to resolve sticky wicket problems?
We are just in a sticky wicket.
But do give it a whirl, old chaps. That is a sticky wicket.
That 's kind of a sticky wicket.
Tut tut, m'lord . Would not give a tuppence for that sticky wicket.
Indeed, that is a sticky wicket.
You may enter. I'm afraid I have got a bit of a sticky wicket.
Hey come back here. Bit of a sticky wicket what.

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