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词汇 behind-the-eight-ball
释义

behind the eight ball


idiom
(alsobehind the 8 ball)
in a difficult situation or in a worse situation than other people:
If you don't get the investigation going right away, you put yourself behind the eight ball.
Many families in this country are still behind the eight ball and do not enjoy the same standard of living that other people enjoy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
abyss
adversity
at your worstidiom
Augean
bad hair day
epidemic
hardness
have a bumpy rideidiom
have someone over a barrelidiom
pall
purgatory
push factor
quagmire
quicksand
rabbit hole
scrape
strait
the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom
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