in trouble
in trouble prepositional phrase: suffering difficulties.
Prepositional phrase
- Suffering difficulties.
- He had a knack for getting in trouble.
- Synonyms:
- in a world of pain, in a world of trouble
- Liable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.
- You broke the binoculars?? You're in deep trouble, mister!
- He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian
- Pregnant, unmarried, and not likely to be married before giving birth.
- She didn't even know she was in trouble.
Synonyms of in trouble
- in a world of pain
- in a world of trouble
- buggered
- cactused
- cooked
- dicked
- fucked
- hooped
- in a bind
- in a fix
25 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- in a mess
- in a pickle
- in a pinch
- in deep shit
- in Dickie's meadow
- in for it
- in the lurch
- in the shit
- in the soup
- knee-deep in the Big Muddy
- rooted
- screwed
- shagged
- souped
- stuffed
- tied in knots
- up a gum tree
- up a stump
- up against it
- up shit creek
- up the creek
- up the creek without a paddle
- up the proverbial
- up the stump
- waist deep in the Big Muddy
Questions about in trouble
- What does in trouble mean?
- In trouble means suffering difficulties.
- What part of speech is in trouble?
- In trouble is a prepositional phrase.
Words near in trouble in the dictionary
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