be in a tight placeの例文

例文

1. Moreau would have been a prisoner if suvorovs hands had been free , but his hands were tied by the hofsskriegswurstschnappsrath ; the devil himself would have been in a tight place
2. I says to myself , i reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place is taking considerable many resks , though i ain t had no experience , and can t say for certain ; but it looks so to me , anyway ; and yet here s a case where i m blest if it don t look to me like the truth is better and actuly safer than a lie