单词 | in the soup |
释义 | > as lemmasin the soup b. in the soup, in a difficulty. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 1889 Lisbon (Dakota Territory) Star 26 Apr. 4/2 After collecting a good deal of money, the scoundrels suddenly left town, leaving many persons in the soup. 1898 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 420 Of course he knows we're in the soup—beastly ill luck. 1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps ii. 37 I was in the soup—that was pretty clear. 1917 D. Lloyd George Let. 31 July (1973) 184 Henderson has now put us into the soup & there is no knowing what will happen. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves ii. 53 There was a fellow, one would have said, clear up to the eyebrows in the soup. To all appearances he had got it right in the neck. 1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror i. ii. 38 We're in the soup... We've got to do 1914 over again. 1968 Listener 23 May 660/3 You find you may want to move a group of pictures..to a different part of the building, and if the rooms over there are designed for quite a different kind of picture, you're rather in the soup. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 455 I do feel very sorry for her, and it makes me more determined than ever not to land in the same soup she did. < as lemmas |
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