He’s in deep straits

A friend of the contributor was helping out someone who is having financial difficulties. He said that the person is in “deep straits”. This is a congruent conflation of “in dire straits”, “in deep shit/trouble/water”, and “in a deep hole”, all referring to being in a very troublesome situation. Or maybe if Deep Purple and Dire Straits got together? A shout out once again to Verbatim for hearing this one and sending it in.