Ethical tight corner

Is it ok to say it in the context?:

"Can Viagra stimulate extramarital affairs,” it was another ethical tight corner, that I got myself into.

Thanks

Clive wrote:

I'd prefer to say 'a tight ethical corner' rather than 'an ethical tight corner'.

Clive, I don't agree.  The common idiom is 'tight corner'.  Here it is described as an 'ethical tight corner'.  There could be artistic tight corners, religious tight corners, legal tight corners, psychological tight corners, etc.  On the other hand, I've never heard of an 'ethical corner'--tight or loose.

Hi guys,

Yes, I understand why you disagree with me. I think that my suggestion is in line with the standard order of adjectives, while yours is that the idiomatic nature of the phrase requires the two words (tight + corner)to be kept together. So, it's a question of which of these two considerations is the more important.

My feeling is that the idiom 'tight corner' is so well-known that it is not straining it to insert another adjective. In fact, to me it seems to 'freshen up' what is a slightly tired idiom by making the reader think about it for an extra millisecond.

However, style is a subjective matter. I certainly wouldn't want to get into a tight grammatical corner by arguing that I'm right and you're wrong.

Best wishes, Clive

(I still haven't commented on the double entendre aspect of this thread.)

I've never seen the rule of adjective order before.  Where did it come from? How commonly is it used?

(The only one I know is BANGS for French adjectives that go before the noun.)