briar-patch

Examples

• All

• Negotiating the contract became a briar-patch of legal and technical issues.

• He found himself in a briar-patch of legal troubles.

• After years of poor investments, they found themselves in a financial briar-patch.

• The project turned into a briar-patch of confusion and delays.

• He felt trapped in a briar patch of conflicting responsibilities and deadlines.

• The negotiations had turned into a briar patch, with no clear solutions in sight.

• After the argument, their relationship felt like a briar patch, filled with misunderstandings.

Synonyms

K

knotty situation

vsbriar-patch

7.7

A difficult problem with no easy solution

is more about being entangled and hard to escape from

T

thorny challenge

vsbriar-patch

7.4

A difficult problem that needs careful handling

is more about being tangled and hard to get out of

F

facer

vsbriar-patch

• Archaic

9.9

A sudden problem that is hard to deal with

is a tangled, confusing situation that is hard to escape from

Antonyms

S

solution

∞ 2.1

An answer to a problem or a way to deal with a difficult situation

E

escape

320 1.1

An act of getting away from a place where you are kept or are in danger

How Troublesome

crisis

∞ 3.1

quagmire

25 7.9

briar-patch

• Informal

1 9.1

tangle

13 5.5

problem

∞ 1.2

difficulty

651 2.4

issue

∞ 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology