snookered
out to get someone
over a barrel
victimization
struggling
trouble
drop someone in it
hard nut to crack
ill
pay dearly
contentious
on the receiving end
snooker
ass in a sling
doghouse
fall victim
up a gum tree
tortured
make one's bed and lie in it
bullying
intimidation
mire
reverse
make matters worse
tough sledding
blow
reversal
black eye
setback
compare and despair
problematicness
problematicality
like turkeys voting for Christmas
nark
moocher
difficultate
hard put
run up against
player hater
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
as much sinning as sinned against
go hard with someone
queasiness
lean into
mean
product
kick someone when they are down
compassion fatigue
try one's patience
force someone's back to the wall
self-own
cruising for a bruising
stubbornness
dilemmaticity
cross wires
draw into
situation
obstinacy
schlemiel
cry someone a river
blaze
an old dog for a hard road
hell
obstinance
mulishness
fall upon
reliever
backup
fill-in
suffer
fuckshit
cowardly lion
have someone by the short hairs
fall prey
induhvidual
shit-stirring
what goes around comes around
banana skin
in too deep
zugzwang
backup man
fuck around and find out
chopping block
difficulty
substitute
banana peel
crazymaking
relief
stand-in
scorched-earth policy
atelophobia
easy for you to say
torture
torturing
precarious
hardpressed
give someone a hard time