What's with the word "pickle" being associated with a troublesome predicament?
i.e. "being in a pickle." Pickles are good, lol.
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The phrase has to do with the actual pickling process, where the pickles are sealed in a brine solution...the inference is that there's no easy way out.
It has no relation to the qualities of the pickles themselves
The earliest known reference to being "in a pickle" appears in a Shakespeare play.
It has no relation to the qualities of the pickles themselves
The earliest known reference to being "in a pickle" appears in a Shakespeare play.