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sticky wicket
noun
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 British. 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.
Origin:
1925–30
1925–30
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Sticky wicket
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| sticky wicket | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a cricket pitch that is rapidly being dried by the sun after rain and is particularly conducive to spin |
| 2. | informal a difficult or awkward situation (esp in the phrase on a sticky wicket) |
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