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Adjective: on the hook
  1. Caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
    "there I was back on the hook"

See also: dangerous, unsafe

Nearest

on the blink
on the button
on the coattails
on the contrary
on the dot
on the face of it
on the fence
on the fly
on the fritz
on the go
on the hook
on the house
on the job
on the level
on the line
on the loose
on the mend
on the nail
on the nod
on the nose
on the off chance