形势危急 meaning in English

the chips are down

The chips are down .
形势危急。
The infantry and tanks were in a critical situation
步兵和坦克形势危急。
Then he looked at me and nodded , as much as to say , here is a narrow corner , as , indeed , i thought it was
然后他看看我点头示意，好像说： “形势危急。 ”这一点我已意识到了。
The helicopter crew had located the distressed ship stranded on rocks , its bows pitching in 10 - metre high waves , and had begun to winch up the survivors in pairs
原来直升机队员发现遇险货船搁在岩石上，十米高的巨浪不停打向船头。形势危急，救人刻不容缓，机组人员已开始放下吊索，把生还者两个两个地救起。