in a pickle

So the state government is in a pickle.

Icelandic supermarkets have been left in a pickle, after a viral TikTok trend saw an unprecedented surge in demand for cucumbers - leaving suppliers racing to keep up.

“Cannon is definitely in a pickle, but has nobody to blame but herself for it,” he wrote.

Many Chinese financial institutions and local governments also are in a pickle.

“Newsom is in a pickle here,” said Steven Smith, a professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis.