Morsel with English jam (6)
I believe the answer is:
scrape
'jam' is the definition.
(both can mean a difficult situation)
'morsel with english' is the wordplay.
'morsel' becomes 'scrap' (a morsel is a scrap of food).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'scrap'+'e'='SCRAPE'
(Other definitions for scrape that I've seen before include "Graze the skin" , "pickle!" , "play the fiddle" , "Bark" , "Play a violin badly" .)