Put（leave） sb in a proverbial The issue puts Obama in a proverbial pickle.During the campaign,he pledged to take a harder line in international trade talks to protect U.S.workers,and he drew heavy support from organized labor,including the United

Put（leave） sb in a proverbial The issue puts Obama in a proverbial pickle.During the campaign,he pledged to take a harder line in international trade talks to protect U.S.workers,and he drew heavy support from organized labor,including the United
Put（leave） sb in a proverbial
The issue puts Obama in a proverbial pickle.During the campaign,he pledged to take a harder line in international trade talks to protect U.S.workers,and he drew heavy support from organized labor,including the United Steelworkers.But he's also talked of the merits of free trade and warned in a speech in Flint,Mich.,last June that protectionist policies could "make us worse off."

Put（leave） sb in a proverbial The issue puts Obama in a proverbial pickle.During the campaign,he pledged to take a harder line in international trade talks to protect U.S.workers,and he drew heavy support from organized labor,including the United
put (leave) sb. in a proverbial pickle
将某人置于困难的境地 （pickle引申为因难,proverbial如谚语中所说）
补充问题：
这个问题让奥巴马陷于两难.在（总统）竞选时,他发誓要在国际贸易谈判中采取更强硬的态度保护美国工人,而他也取得了包括美国钢铁业工会在内的工会的大力支持.但他也谈到了自由贸易的好处,他于去年六月在密执安州的Flint发表演讲,警告说保护主义政策会“使我们更糟”.

让某人陷入困境

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