pickles

Noun

• vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
• informal terms for a difficult situation
• plural of pickle
• Nonsense; folly.

Verb

• preserve in a pickling liquid
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pickle

Synonyms

fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle, gammon, gammon and pickles, tripe, tripe and onions