on_the_hook
1. [ adjective ] caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
Examples:

"there I was back on the hook"

Related terms: dangerous
Similar spelling:   on_the_go
  on_the_QT
  on_the_sly
  on_the_job
  on_the_spot
  on_the_side
  on_the_Q.T.
  one_thousand
  on_the_quiet