It means you are in a very dangerous or precarious position. When you are threading your way through troubles as if you were traversing a dangerously narrow passage you are in "dire straits." The expression and the band by that name are often transformed by those who don't understand the word "strait" into "dire straights." The word dire means 'having dreadful or terrible consequences'. A strait is a narrow strip of water between two or more pieces of land, as in The Straits of Gibralta. Finding a safe passage through a strait requires great skill and/or luck.
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Dire Straits
Dire straits
You will be in dire straits if you do not learn your vocabulary words.
Why Worry - Dire Straits song - was created in 1984-11.
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits album - was created in 1984-11.
Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits song - was created on 1980-08-25.
Love over Gold - Dire Straits song - was created in 1984.
Michael Oldfield has written: 'Dire Straits' -- subject(s): Dire Straits (Musical group)
Dire Straits On the Night - 1993 V is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
David Knopfler and Pick Withers left Dire Straits to branch out on their own.
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