doghouse
19
6.3
- noun
- /ˈdɔɡˌhaʊs/
- Informal
:
estar en malos términos (con alguien)
- She made a mistake at work and now feels like she's in the doghouse with her boss.
- already in the doghouse
- still in the doghouse
- back in the doghouse
But if it's just like you're going to have to spend a week in the doghouse and like, you know, do you think this is worth it?
- But if it's just like you're going to have to spend a week in the doghouse and like, you know, do you think this is worth it?
Examples
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Matthew and I thought it was great fun, but Seamus was in the doghouse for days afterwards.
Fiction book (1997) -
In other words, Mr. Paxton, I think you are out of the doghouse with Mrs. Paxton.
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Am I out of the doghouse yet?
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Whether he was in the doghouse or not, he got the message.
Blog text (30) -
Are you in the doghouse?
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I am in the doghouse.
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Did I mention I was in the doghouse?
Fiction book (1993) -
The word around here is you're in the doghouse.
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I just said Estelle because I wanted to get you out of the doghouse.
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Thompson's rebounding struggles on the defensive end could land him in Coach Scott's fabled doghouse for stretches this season.
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
12
7.9
Not liked or trusted because you did something wrong
Antonyms
How Disfavored
- US
1
8.4
2
4.9
- Informal
12
4.1
- Informal
19
6.3
∞
2.9
- Informal
20
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
In the doghouse is a phrase people use when someone is 'in disfavor' or 'in trouble'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a person sent to sleep in the dog's small house as a kind of punishment, so being in the doghouse means you are out of favor with someone.