Como dizer "Chegar a tal ponto (que)" em inglês

Português: chegar a tal ponto (que)
Inglês: come to such a pass (when/that), come to a pretty pass (when/that)

Exemplos:

1. Things have come to a pretty pass when we can't afford to pay the heating bills!
2. How could a nation that is geographically and culturally closer to Paris than to Mecca or Tehran come to such a pass?
3. I never thought things would come to such a pass as this.
4. Things have come to a pretty pass when old people are dying of hypothermia because they can't afford to heat their homes.
5. Things have come to such a pass that a qualified student can still get into some boarding schools in time for the September term.

References: TheFreeDictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Time.com