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
DÖMÖTÖR-Hungarian
Andreawn-DRAYEnglish, African American
Sharma-Indian, Hindi
Phoebus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Aengus-Irish
OttoAW-to (German), AH-to (English), OT-to (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic