Crossword clues for in a cleft stick
in a cleft stick
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in a cleft stick
a. 1 (&lit in cleft stick English) 2 (context UK Australia dated English) In a difficult situation, unable to choose between unfavourable options; in a dilemma.
Usage examples of "in a cleft stick".
In gleemen's stories, only villains got caught in a cleft stick like this.
They could really have him in a cleft stick if they had all that on their war-time files, squeezing him until he cracked ?
To a certain extant, I don't mind admitting, seeing that we're being frank with one another, you two gentlemen have got us--that's to say, my employer--in a cleft stick.
It's all Bronson's people would need to put Grand Admiral Lermontov in a cleft stick.