Украинско-английский словарь - скрутний

difficult, hard, heavy, serious, grave;embarrassing, deplorable, painful, distressing;puzzling, intricate (складний);

бути в скрутному становищі — to be in great difficulties;

to be in a deplorable condition;to be in extremity;to be at one's wit's end;розм. to be in a tight place (box);to be in a cleft stick;to be at the last cast;sl. to be in a fix, to be in a hole;

він у скрутному становищі — he is hard up;

he is in a very distressing situation.