Are the on a sticky wicket..???

All political parties are on a sticky wicket now with anti-corruption sentiments being high and every party having its share of shady deals

To improve English speaking, you need to stay motivated and one way to do so is to understand that great English speaking skills are the key to a successful and rewarding career.

In this post we discuss the phrase, “On a sticky wicket”. You can also come across batting on a sticky wicket.

Now, this should not be very difficult.

Imagine batting on a bad wicket. How is it going to be?

Bad? Stressful? Even dangerous?

That’s the sense of a sticky wicket.

In communication, this phrase is used when you want to say that someone is in a stressful or unpleasant or even dangerous situation mostly due to something he himself did.

Let’s take some examples:

1. You are on a sticky wicket with your spat with the boss last week. The client is not happy and the boss will not show any leniency towards you.
2. Congress leaders defending Mr Vadra seem to be on a sticky wicket what with the anti-corruption activists digging out documents to strengthen their case.
3. He is on a sticky wicket because he neglected paying proper taxes for all these years.
4. He promised to return the lender’s money within six months but even after a year has gone by, there is no indiciation that he might be in a position to repay the loans. I tell you, he is on a sticky wicket.

Being on a sticky wicket means being in soup or being in a problem.

Let’s close with some more examples:

1. With your low attendance and poor marks in the exams you are on a sticky wicket my friend.
2. With no project delivered in time in the last one year, you are batting on a sticky wicket. Things may get tougher for you given that there is a talk to lay offs in the office.