Meanings
- idiomaticslangIn trouble.
[U]nless the murderer came back, I had till about six o'clock in the morning for my cogitations. I was in the soup — that was pretty clear.
1915, John Buchan, chapter 2, in The Thirty-Nine Steps2 more examples
[T]he poor old lad is absolutely dependent on that remittance of yours, and when you cut it off, don't you know, he was pretty solidly in the soup.
1919, P. G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Hard Boiled Egg”, in My Man Jeeves"If they don't hit it off, we're all in the soup," warned Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's former Prime Minister, as his successor prepared to meet President Bush last week.
1989 February 13, John Greenwald, “Tiptoe Through the Tensions”, in Time
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 雞毛鴨血 /鸡毛鸭血
- 雞毛鴨血 /鸡毛鸭血 (gai¹ mou⁴ aap³ hyut³)in trouble
Esperanto en kaĉo, en granda embaraso
- en kaĉoin trouble
- en granda embarasoin trouble
French dans le pétrin, dans la merde
- dans le pétrinin trouble
- dans la merdein trouble
- dans la panadein trouble
German in der Patsche / Tinte (sitzen), in der Klemme stecken
- in der Patsche / Tinte (sitzen)in trouble
- in der Klemme steckenin trouble
Icelandic í súpunni
- í súpunniin trouble
Portuguese em sarilhos, em maus lençóis
- em sarilhosin trouble
- em maus lençóisin trouble
Russian в беде́, в переплёте
- в беде́ (v bedé)in trouble
- в переплёте (v perepljóte)in trouble
- в затрудне́нии (v zatrudnénii)in trouble
- в тру́дном положе́нии (v trúdnom položénii)in trouble
- в за́днице (v zádnice)in trouble
Turkish başı dertte
- başı derttein trouble
Cite this entry
in the soup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20soup
“in the soup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20soup. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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