"in trouble" meaning in English

See in trouble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

  1. Tags: no-gloss Hyponyms: justice-involved [US, euphemistic]
    Sense id: en-in_trouble-en-adj-47DEQpj8 Synonyms: buggered [slang, vulgar], cactused [Australian, slang], dicked [slang, vulgar], fucked [slang, vulgar], hooped [Canada, slang], in a bind, in a fix, in a mess, in a pickle, in a pinch, in a world of pain, in a world of trouble, in deep shit [vulgar], in Dickie's meadow, in for it, in the lurch, in the shit, in the soup, in trouble, knee-deep in the Big Muddy [US], rooted [slang, vulgar], screwed [slang, vulgar], shagged [slang, vulgar], souped, stuffed [slang], up a gum tree, up against it, up shit creek [vulgar], up the creek, up the creek without a paddle, up the proverbial [euphemistic], waist deep in the Big Muddy [US] Related terms: blued and tattooed, on the skids, in a cleft stick, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the deep blue sea, on the horns of a dilemma, behind the eight-ball, doomed, cursed, stranded, difficult situation

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in trouble, {{en-PP}} in trouble
  1. Suffering difficulties. Synonyms: in a world of pain, in a world of trouble Translations (suffering difficulties): pulassa (Finnish), vaikeuksissa (Finnish), hankaluuksissa (Finnish), in Schwierigkeiten (German), Ärger kriegen (english: verb; to get in trouble with an authority figure e.g. one's parents) (German), בְּצָרוֹת (Hebrew), i dtrioblóid (Irish), dawg nyam yuh suppa (Jamaican Creole), avea probleme [verb] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-in_trouble-en-prep_phrase-0Hs9GHzT Disambiguation of 'suffering difficulties': 96 1 2
  2. (chiefly of a child) Liable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.
    Sense id: en-in_trouble-en-prep_phrase-tj1MZq5a
  3. (euphemistic) Pregnant, unmarried, and not likely to be married before giving birth. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-in_trouble-en-prep_phrase-RQTBRxP8 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 22 44

Alternative forms

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