Synonyms for behind the eight-ball
be·hind the eight-ball

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1. behind the eight-balladjective

   In a difficult situation or tight spot.

   After his last two projects failed, he was really behind the eight-ball.

   Synonyms:
   snookered

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1. Tom Kloza:

   Russian oil is not crucial to The US. The US's crucial to Europe, i don't know what Europe is going to do without Russian crude. If you take it away, Europe is really behind the eight ball.

2. The Oilers captain:

   The whole team was n’t very good to start, top to bottom, they were obviously ready to go and got the jump on us. And we could n’t stop the bleeding until it was a little too late and put ourselves a little too far behind the eight ball.

3. David Brock:

   It's only been in the last week or so where a real panic has set in that Sanders could be the nominee, the donor class is, as usual, way behind the eight ball.

4. Tom Kloza:

   Russian oil is not crucial to United States. United States's crucial to Europe, i don't know what Europe is going to do without Russian crude. If you take it away, Europe is really behind the eight ball.

5. Charles Gerow:

   The truth is that if Lowman Henry haven't been working at these delegate contests for a while, Lowman Henry're playing from way behind the eight ball.