"in a tight spot" means a difficult situation. cowboy...

'Be in a jam' is another idiom which also means 'be in a tight spot'. They are both used in informal contexts to mean 'caught in a problem' or 'be in a difficult situation'. 'In a tight spot': 'in' can be replaced with 'into' You can say 'he's in a spot' to mean that 'he's in a difficult situation'.

"Your uncle has gone to drown his sorrows." (my uncle lost his job and is in a night spot") ...joking!! Roi & Fdmaxey have the best answers. ;)

little option you can choose

to be in situation, where a little option you choose.