behind the eight ball

John found himself behind the eight ball , unable to buy the things his family needed.

约翰无力购买家庭必需品,感到很为难.

I wanna be honest with the boss, but if I tell him the truth, he may fire me. I feel like I'm behind the eight ball on this one.

我想老老实实跟老板说的，可又怕跟他说了实话他就把我开了，我真是进退两难。

See also Behind the Eight Ball; Snooker ; Stymied.

另见后面八球, 斯诺克,阻碍.

Now he's already behind the eight ball.

现在他已经丢过了8个球.

Folks, we're behind the eight-ball in meeting our sales target. Let's speed things up.

兄弟们, 我们都快完不成销售目标了. 我们得抓紧啊.

His check bounced, leaving Jim behind the eight ball with his landlord.

吉姆这会儿对房东糗了，因为他付给房东支票跳票了。

The football team got behind the eight ball in the first two games.

该支足球队在头两场比赛中大为失利.

Bob broke one of his wife's most precious dishes and is really behind the eight ball.

鲍勃打坏了他妻子最珍贵的一个盘子，现在他可真是凶多吉少了。