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单词 sticky wicket
释义 sticky wicket
  1.  Cricket.   the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
  2.  Chiefly Brit.   a situation requiring delicate treatment; an awkward situation: In telling his wife that he has to be away for a month in Cannes, he'll be batting on a sticky wicket.
 [1925-30]
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