when peopl say "i am kinda in a pickle" what does pickles have to do with being in a jam? i can understand "jam" that makes sense but "pickle" any of your knowledge on this would be greatly appreciated!
2007-07-23 10:12:50 · 4 answers · asked by notyochic 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
In a pickle
Meaning
In a quandary or some other difficult position.
Origin
This alludes to the pickling liquid made from brines and vinegar which is used to preserve food, and presumably to the imagined difficult of being stuck in such. The phrase was known in Dutch by 1561 - ' in de pekel zitten' meaning 'to be in a pickle'.
There are a few references to ill pickles and this pickle etc. in print in the late 16th century, but Shakespeare appears to be the first to use in a pickle, in The Tempest, 1611:
ALONSO:
And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they
Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?
How camest thou in this pickle?
TRINCULO:
I have been in such a pickle since I
saw you last that, I fear me, will never out of
my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing.
The most celebrated personage ever to be literally in a pickle was Admiral Horatio Nelson.
See other phrases and sayings from Shakespeare.
i googled it.....but yeah in a tough siuation.....i have been there one to many times...........lol......but i do love pickles...lol....live life be happy,,........i am...( not in pickle now)
2007-07-23 10:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by hawaiianstyle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means you’re in a difficult situation. Our newest family pet has been given the name Piccolo and called Pickle for short. As a tiny kitten she was running around in a pickle in the Garden Center at Lowe’s. She was certainly in a pickle at Lowe’s. Hence pickle at Lowe’s became Piccolo and now she lives up to her nickname Pickle. She is definitely a little Pickle, full of vim and vigor.
2015-09-14 11:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by aneed2know 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a pickle.........Did you know a family of porkipines is called a pickle? LOL that makes complete sence if you think about it.
2015-04-08 08:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by jennifer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that true its mean in a jam pickle a in a jar and are pack to gather some they are jammed.
2007-07-23 10:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by amanda 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I means you're in a difficult/unfavorable situation.
2007-07-23 10:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Actualmente, Disfruto Siendo Lycantropica 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means your in a problem and they need to get to it fast
2007-07-23 10:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hee hee. In means their in a bad or tough situation.
2007-07-23 10:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by spiffymo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋