in a cleft stick

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in a cleft stick (British & Australian old-fashioned)

if someone is in a cleft stick, they have a problem which is very difficult to solve I'm in a real cleft stick because I can't sell my house. Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick.

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