Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] In a quandaryMeaning Faced with a dilemma - perplexed and uncertain what to do. Origin A quandary is simply a dilemma or state of extreme uncertainty. The word is now little used, apart from in the phrase in a quandary. This came in to use in the 16th century. For example, in John Lyly's Euphues, the anatomy of wyt, 1579:
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