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sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation. A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably. A difficult or unpredictable situation.
Is this not commonly known? I used this expression just yesterday.
Well, there are people outside of the US, some of whom don't even have English as their first language. A quick investigation into this leads me.to believe that there might even be more people outside the US than inside. Most of those people have never heard of a sticky wicket.
Is this a US expression? I never heard it growing up so I just assumed it was from the UK or something
I just looked it up and apparently it comes from cricket, which of course is not an American sport. I just assumed it was American, because Gary Larson is an American.
Ah, well. My original point that most people will never have heard of it still stands. And who doesn't enjoy making fun of ignorant Americans? 😄
yes but lots of asian, middle eastern and antipodean people, famously, follow cricket.
I'll thank you to stop insinuating that I'm American, and it's so bleedingly obvious that I'm not talking about non-native speakers.
I had never heard it, couldn't imagine what the joke was