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.
experiencing a difficult situation As soon as the airlines started to make a profit, they put themselves right back in the soup with a new round of mergers.
Usage notes: often used with right back, as in the example