in a vicious circle

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*in a vicious circle

Fig. in a situation in which the solution of one problem leads to a second problem, and the solution of the second problem brings back the first problem, etc. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) Life is so strange. I seem to be in a vicious circle most of the time. I put lemon in my tea to make it sour, then sugar to make it sweet. I'm in a vicious circle. Don't let your life get into a vicious circle.

See also: circle, vicious

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Many teenagers get caught up in a vicious circle of poverty, drugs and violence and the government needs to tackle it head-on. Letters: The BIG issue - Who let out killers? by The Mirror (London, England) His mother Alison, an accountant said: "He was very unhappy at middle school and he was caught in a vicious circle. Boy,14, gets GCSE against the odds by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) But he said the economy is caught in a vicious circle in which the recession aggravates banks' bad-loan problems, which in turn exacerbate the recession. BOJ head issues bleak economic warning by Japan Weekly Monitor			in a month of Sundays in a New York minute in a nut shell in a nutshell in a pickle in a pig's eye In a pig's eye! in a pinch in a pique in a quandary in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a snit in a spot in a stage whisper in a stew in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a twit in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a word in a world of own in abeyance in absentia in accord in accordance with in action in addition in advance in agreement in all but name in all likelihood in all modesty in all my born days in all probability in an age of years in an interesting condition in an ivory tower in and of itself in any case in any event in any shape or form in any way, shape, or form in apple-pie order			in a sense in a sense in a sense in a sense In a Silent Way In A Similar Manner in a similar way In A single Round in a snit in a split second in a spot in a stage whisper in a state of action in a state of flux In a state of nature in a state of uncertainty in a stew In a stound in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a tough spot in a twinkling in a twinkling in a twit in a twitter in a twitter in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a way in a way in a way in a way In A While Crocodile in a wink in a wink in a wink in a word in a word in a word in a word in a word in a world of own in abeyance in abeyance in absentia in absentia in absentia in absentia In Absentia (album) In Absentia (album) In absentia (law) In absentia (law) In abstentia In abstentia in accord in accord in accord with

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