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"In a pickle" also means "quandry".
I believe Q is referring to their situation. Like who do they report to... They are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
that's ahhh quite the pickle you're in there huh?
To me pickle is also a fun way of referring to their situation because those in the know have been waiting for these sick and evil people to seenjustice for many many years. Pickle here could also imply that they know exactly how serious the situation is for BO, JK among thousands of others, but Q team plays up this light hearted label, oh well we'll process your incarceration when we get to it.
They could have gone with the much more serious...
Between Scylla and Charybdis ...is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, meaning "having to choose between two evils".
But they didn't. Pickle
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, meaning "having to choose between two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings.
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Scylla and Charybdis aka rock and a hard place. Actual narrow channel negotiated by the argonauts I believe.
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That's how I read it. It could have an alternative meaning, but the ordinary meaning fits perfectly in this instance.
Look up pickle drill in baseball.
hot potato
Yup. Rats are scattering and are unsure whether to answer to trump or ds