to be common knowledge (that)

(Louisiana, Cajun, St.Martin Parish) to be in distress

(figuratively) to have a ringside seat, a box seat

(figuratively, informal) to be on edge (to be very tense and irritated)

to look good, to look one's best, to appear in one's best light

(figuratively) to have one's back to the wall, to be up against the wall, to be backed into a corner, to have no way out

(informal) to be ruined, to be penniless

to be included; to be coming, to be in, to be game / to be there, not to be lacking

(idiomatic) to have an ill name

(idiomatic) to have a good name