be in the soup



be in the soup

To be in trouble or experiencing difficulties. The company will officially be in the soup if it loses money again this quarter. I was in the soup after I dented my mom's brand-new car.
See also: soup

be in the soup

  (old-fashioned)
to be in trouble This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they'll really be in the soup.
See also: soup

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zuan-Medieval Italian
Kali['kɑ:li]
Tormod-Norwegian
RomyRO-meeGerman, English
SimoSEE-mo (Finnish)Finnish, Serbian
Mcmillan[mək'milən]