Wincenty Rajca voted up Aurora Drew's answer 12/20/2015 Can someone (preferably a Brit who knows) give me a colloquial or idiomatic British phrase that means 'a bad situation, something that you don't like'. Something equalling 'the situation really sucks!'. Found a slang list but don't know which to use? Some people say they got into a "sticky situation" which means awkward or uncomfortable.