in the soup


in the soup

In trouble. We're going to be in the soup if we don't deliver this on time.See also: soup

*in the soup

Fig. in a bad situation. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) Now I'm really in the soup. I broke Mrs. Franklin's window. I make a lot of mistakes. It's easy for me to get into the soup.See also: soup

in the soup

In trouble, as in She mailed all the checks with the wrong postage, and now she's really in the soup. [Slang; late 1800s] See also: soup

in the soup

OLD-FASHIONEDIf someone or something is in the soup, they are in trouble. She's landed herself in the soup again with her unwise remarks. A recession could put oil markets right back in the soup.See also: soup

in the soup

in trouble. informalSee also: soup

in the soup

mod. in trouble. I’m in the soup with the boss. See also: soup

in the soup

Slang Having difficulties; in trouble.See also: soup