drop someone in it
snooker
dig a hole for oneself
face up
go hard with someone
make one's bed and lie in it
maul
kick a dog when it's down
kick someone when they are down
force someone's back to the wall
snarl
hard put
annoy
sugarcoat the pill
swallow a bitter pill
pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
make the best of a bad job
turn to
give someone a hard time
up a gum tree
bring up against
hardship
do more harm than good
bring down
make hard work of
in a pickle
problematize
fall apart
do it tough
draw into
skate on thin ice
trouble
recourse
silver lining
bright side
face the music
tread on someone's corns
zugzwang
lean into
rustle someone's jimmies
shake up
in someone's shoes
balls up
make the best of a bad bargain
get on someone's bad side
twist the knife
queer someone's pitch
corner
on the receiving end
ill service
fuck
snookered
caseharden
hurt someone's feelings
asperity
disservice
up the ante
fan the flames
ill turn
decipher
resourcefulness
take heart
problematically
doghouse
struggling
cut to the quick
misnegotiate
fall prey
come in hot
rub someone's nose in
gnaw someone's vitals
have someone by the short hairs
cart away
compound
boil the ocean
entangle
severeness
fall into a trap
rigorousness
make do and mend
rigor
severity
hit one hard
grimness
harass
rigour
rigourousness
dub
hack
in need
in too deep
induratize
misact
cut up
hit
begin at the wrong end