IN THE SOUP


Meaning of IN THE SOUP in English

adj. phr. , slang In serious trouble; in confusion; in disorder. When his wife overdrew their bank account without telling him, Mr. Phillips suddenly found himself really in the soup. The police misunderstood Harry's night errand, and arrested him, which put him in the soup with the boss.

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