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(Australia, Britain, dated) In a difficult situation, unable to choose between unfavourable options; in a dilemma. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, cleft, stick.

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(Australia, Britain, dated) In a difficult situation, unable to choose between unfavourable options; in a dilemma. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, cleft, stick.

I found myself in a cleft stick when I realized I had forgotten my passport.

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(Australia, Britain, dated) In a difficult situation, unable to choose between unfavourable options; in a dilemma.

Ha! I see. You have got me in a cleft stick.

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, cleft, stick.

Hence when a Huichol woman is about to weave or embroider, her husband catches a large serpent and holds it in a cleft stick, while the woman strokes the reptile with one hand down the whole length of its back; …

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