- in trouble
- *in trouble1. in danger; in difficulty; due for punishment. (*Typically: be \in trouble; get [into] \in trouble.) •
If you don't be quiet, you're going to be in trouble.
•The company was in trouble for months, and then went bankrupt.
2. Euph. pregnant and unmarried. (*Typically: be \in trouble; get [into]\in trouble.) •They had to get married. She was in trouble.
•She'll be in trouble before long, if she doesn't quit running around like that.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.