be in the doghouse



be in the doghouse

slang To be in trouble with someone due to one's misdeeds or blunders. I'll be in the doghouse if I come into work late again this week. You've been in the doghouse with Maria ever since you forgot her birthday.
See also: doghouse

be in the doghouse

  (informal)
if someone is in the doghouse, another person is annoyed with them because of something they have done I forgot to turn the oven off and the dinner's ruined, so I'm really in the doghouse.
See also: doghouse

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maybelle-English
Tolga-Turkish
Gunnr-Norse Mythology
Tadg-Irish, Scottish
Gracianograh-THYAH-no (Spanish), grah-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-noo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
Thyrza-Dutch