in dutch

1. alternativeAlternative form of in Dutch.

alternative in dutch

1. CanadaUSdatedidiomaticIn trouble or in disfavor.

   He got in dutch with City Manager George Schrader when he made some ill-chosen remarks.

   1988 April 14, Rena Pederson, “Police Turmoil Isn't News”, in Dallas Morning News, retrieved 29 Aug 2011

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   Thirteen youthful nurses at the Worcester City Hospital enriched a local barber to the extent of $13 a few days ago when they had their hair bobbed and now the entire 13 are very much in dutch with the authorities at the hospital.

   1923 July 27, “Hospital Puts Ban upon Bobbed Hair”, in The Day, USA, retrieved 29 Aug 2011, page 9

   “And for that amount of money you're willing to get yourself in Dutch with half the law enforcement of this county?”

   1939, Raymond Chandler, chapter 18, in The Big Sleep

   Don Juan: Well, think how you would feel if you were made to take off this mask that you are wearing. Jack Mickler: Oh, well, our masks really get us in dutch, don't they? How long you been wearing yours?

   1994, Don Juan DeMarco, 19:30

   So, she comes to me with a problem — that she's been cooking Beneke's books, he's in Dutch with the IRS, and once they audit, it's Rio de Caca for the both of them.

   2012, Vince Gilligan, “Live Free or Die”, in Breaking Bad, season 5, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk)

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, Dutch.