Pédaler dans la semoule

Chocolate & Zucchini: Pédaler dans la semoule: "'Pédaler dans la semoule.'

The literal translation is 'pedaling in semolina,' and it means being entangled in a thorny situation, with the added notion that every effort made to get out of it is fruitless, or makes things worse. In short, being confused and overwhelmed, or being in over one's head."