Words used to describe difficult situations
stormy adjective
involving a lot of anger or arguments
acrimonious adjective
an acrimonious situation is unpleasant because people feel angry towards each other
uneasy adjective
an uneasy situation is not settled or calm, and it could quickly change and get worse
one thing after another phrase
used for saying that you are very angry or upset because you have a lot of problems to deal with
in the wrong place at the wrong time phrase
used for saying that something bad happened to someone because they were not lucky, not because they made a mistake
trouble is brewing (for) phrase
used for saying that a difficult, dangerous, or violent situation is developing
(in) for it phrase
used for saying that you are going to be in trouble because of something that you have done
it's not someone's day phrase
used for saying that someone is having a lot of problems
out of the frying pan (and) into the fire phrase
used for saying that someone who was in a bad situation is now in a worse situation
it never rains but it pours phrase
used for saying that problems often seem to happen all at the same time. The American phrase is when it rains, it pours.