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In difficulties with someone, especially an authority. For example, If they don't shovel their walk, they'll be in trouble with their neighbors . This idiom is also put as get in or into trouble with , as in Watch what you say or you'll get into trouble with the teacher . [Mid-1500s] Also see hot water ; in a fix .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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