"in the doghouse" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. (informal, idiomatic) In a situation of being the object of someone's anger or disapproval, especially one's spouse. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: doghoused, in hot water, in someone's bad books, in the dogbox Translations (Experiencing someone's anger or disapproval): epäsuosiossa (Finnish), in Ungnade (German), in disgrazia (Italian), в опа́ле (v opále) (Russian), в неми́лости (v nemílosti) (Russian), в заго́не (v zagóne) (Russian)
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