Definition
In a state of confusion; in a difficult situation, in a bind.
Worried, anxious, upset.
In Context
- "Are you tied up in knots trying to unravel dozens of mobile phone plans? WireFly […] can untangle the mess. Just type in your zip code to search by carrier, phone, or plan."
- "[Nikola] Jokić is his own story and because he is so big and so good and so versatile, the Heat are tied in knots trying to figure out how to slow him down."
- "There is no misery like the misery of being trapped in your own brain. The more I think about my problems, the more tied up in knots I become. I do not want to be alone, or pretend that I am not lonely. I don't want to pretend at all."
Also Said As
- buggered
- cactused
- cooked
- dicked
- fucked
- hooped
- in a bind
- in a fix
- in a mess
- in a pickle
- in a pinch
- in a world of pain
- in a world of trouble
- in deep shit
- in Dickie's meadow
- in for it
- in the lurch
- in the shit
- in the soup
- in trouble
- knee-deep in the Big Muddy
- rooted
- screwed
- shagged
- souped
- stuffed
- tied in knots
- up a gum tree
- up a stump
- up against it
- up shit creek
- up the creek
- up the creek without a paddle
- up the proverbial
- up the stump
- waist deep in the Big Muddy