in a stew
informalIf someone is in a stew, that person is in a difficult situation that causes them to feel worried or upset:
William is in a stew about/over his tax return.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- difficulty
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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