In a very tight and awkward situation; stalled by a dilemma; in a box: I'm in a bind, damned if I do and damned if I don't
[1940s+ Loggers; fr the situation of a logger whose saw is caught and held tight by the weight of a tree or branch]
In an awkward situation; in a bind: No, and don't put me in a box
Related Terms[1913+; the related and perhaps original sense ''short of money'' is found by 1891]