in Dutch (with someone)

in Dutch (with someone)
*in Dutch (with someone)
in trouble with someone. (*Typically: be \in Dutch (with someone); get \in Dutch (with someone).) •

I'm in Dutch with my parents for my low grades.

You're in Dutch quite often, it seems.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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