Nowadays, when someone says they are in a pickle they mean that they are in a mess - a very difficult situation.
For more about this phrase, visit our Shakespeare Speaks pages on BBC Learning English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/shakespeare/unit-1/session-14
There's more about our Shakespeare Speaks course at The Open University website, here: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/languag...
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