spot of bother
Syllables: spot of bo·therUK/ˈspɒt əv ˈbɒðə(ɹ)/US/ˈspɑt əv ˈbɑðɚ/
spot of bother noun: a slight problem; a small predicament.
Noun
spot of bother (plural spots of bother)
- A slight problem; a small predicament.
- I had a spot of bother with a sticky key on my keyboard.
- As Gerald was aware, a spot of bother, a revival of the divorce fixation, had wafted Lydia temporarily on a visit to an aunt in Westmorland.1933 March, Marguerite Steen, “Strange Guest”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume LXXXV, London: George Newnes, Ltd., […], →OCLC, page 271
- Synonyms:
- ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits
Examples of spot of bother in a sentence
- 'I'm afraid we've run into a spot of bother.' / A spot of bother, I thought.1969, Alex Bowlby, “Orlando”, in Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby: Italy, 1944, London: Leo Cooper, published 1989, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183:
- Loseby was telling them that he was in a spot of bother.1979, C[harles] P[ercy] Snow, chapter 43, in A Coat of Varnish, London: Macmillan, →ISBN; republished Kelly Bray, Cornwall: House of...
- Charlie […] I heard about your spot of bother. / Alex Spot of bother? / Charlie Your dad told us.2005, Simon Stephens, On the Shore of the Wide World, London; New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, part...
- Being in a spot of bother with the Bolgers was rather like saying he'd had a brush with the Taliban or a minor skirmish with al-Qaida.2016, Siobhán MacDonald, “Mannix: October”, in Twisted River (Penguin Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 84:
Synonyms of spot of bother
- ass in a sling
- bind
- bucket of syrup
- calvary
- cauldron
- cross
- cross to bear
- difficulty
- dilemma
- dire straits
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Forms of spot of bother
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Questions about spot of bother
- What does spot of bother mean?
- Spot of bother means a slight problem; a small predicament.
- How do you use spot of bother in a sentence?
- 'I'm afraid we've run into a spot of bother.' / A spot of bother, I thought.
- What part of speech is spot of bother?
- Spot of bother is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spot of bother?
- Spot of bother is pronounced /ˈspɒt əv ˈbɒðə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spot of bother?
- The plural of spot of bother is spots of bother.
Words near spot of bother in the dictionary
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