[DOC] [TLE] Familiar Phrases - jService.io - Jeopardy trivia question API [PAR] ... for: Familiar Phrases. Question, Answer, Value, Airdate. [DOC] [TLE] Sticky wicket - Wikipedia [PAR] A sticky wicket is a metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance. It 
originated as a term for difficult circumstances in the sport of cricket, caused ... 
Hence a "sticky wicket" refers to a situation where there is no option you can take 
... are far less common in cricket now since matches tend to have stopped being 
played on... [DOC] [TLE] wicket - definition of wicket in English | Oxford Dictionaries [PAR] wicket ... 2Cricket Each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at 
either ... 'It's a great place to play cricket and the wickets are probably the best 
batting wickets in the world. ... 1.1informal [in singular]A tricky or awkward 
situation. ... 55 words ending in 'ster' you didn't know you needed to know ... 
Types of Dog. [DOC] [TLE] wicket - definition of wicket in English | Oxford Dictionaries [PAR] 1Cricket Each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either 
end of ... 'the batsman remained at the wicket' .... 1.1informal A tricky or awkward 
situation. ... which meant that the angle of delivery would have forced the 
batsmen to play at them. ... 55 words ending in 'ster' you didn't know you needed 
to know. [DOC] [TLE] Wicket - Idioms by The Free Dictionary [PAR] A particularly awkward or difficult situation or circumstance. ... Refers to the pitch, 
i.e., wicket, used in the game of cricket and the difficulty of playing on one after it 
... to be in a difficult situation because you have not behaved in the correct way 
You know ... isn't so bad for a slow bowler on a plumb wicket against those 
fellows. [DOC] [TLE] Wicket | Define Wicket at Dictionary.com [PAR] Wicket definition, a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in 
a door, ... Cricket. either of the two frameworks, each consisting of three stumps 
with two bails in ... the ball. the area between the wickets; the playing field. one 
batsman's turn at the wicket. .... (informal) on a sticky wicket, in an awkward 
situation. [DOC] [TLE] Language Log  Recycling "sticky wicket" for the uncricketed [PAR] Apr 25, 2012 ... That's a kind of wicket that you literally do "go through"; and a croquet hoop ... is 
the ground on which the baseball-like game of cricket is played. ... That is, the 
metaphor is entirely opaque to them, and simply means "a difficult situation." ... I 
really don't find the idea of Americans thinking of a croquet wicket... [DOC] [TLE] `STICKY WICKET' CAME FROM BRITISH CRICKET | Deseret News [PAR] Feb 18, 1996 ... Question: Do you know the origin of the phrase ``sticky wicket''? ... define as "a 
difficult or awkward situation," is the popular British game of cricket. ... These 
wickets, which each consist of three upright stumps and two cross pieces ... From 
the difficult situation of playing on a sticky wicket evolved the more... [DOC] [TLE] South Africa 372 ahead after 13-wicket third day of second Test ... [PAR] Aug 29, 2016 ... South Africa took control of the Centurion Test after a 13-wicket third day that they 
... light work of New Zealand's middle and lower order to bowl them out for 214. ... 
It looked like Temba Bavuma and Stiaan van Zyl would play out the overs ... 
Despite looking awkward while fending or avoiding the bouncers,... [DOC] [TLE] England bowler Chris Woakes claims 11-wicket haul but Pakistan in ... [PAR] Jul 16, 2016 ... England bowler Chris Woakes claims 11-wicket haul but Pakistan in ... It's almost 
a personal shootout between them two of them this Test. ... Who knows how 
serious it will prove? ..... Was a time when Thom Gibbs announced that his 
favourite cricketer was Chris ..... Jordan Mozer Table Lamp, One of a kind. [DOC] [TLE] Sri Lanka

Question: Those who play cricket know an awkward situation is this kind of "wicket"
Answer: sticky wicket