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soup

soup

41 7.9
A difficult situation that causes trouble
  • noun
  • /suːp/
  • Archaic
translation icon : estar en apuros
  • When the project deadline was moved up, we knew we were in big soup trying to finish everything on time.

They think it's a simple, quick fix and they just don't get that you are stuck in a deep brown soup and cannot.

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Examples

  • I sure am glad we're coming out of the soup.

  • I'm in this horrendous cultural soup that I'm in right now.

  • He'll never make it in this soup, not one chance.

  • "Sure you want to walk in this soup?" Smith asked.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Now the Yankees are back in the soup with only huge profits to console them.

    Blog text (23)
  • We're in the soup.

  • And so you're kind of in this soup of knowing that this is the area where you want to focus the impact, but you're not being a very, very, very good friend of yours.

  • He doesn't realize, you know, he, he doesn't realize how much we have and how deep we're in, how deep in the soup we're in and how late we're, we are in the cycle.

  • After missing the last train, I found myself in a terrible soup with no way to get home.

  • After losing his job, he realized he was really in the soup and needed to find work quickly.

Synonyms

in the soup
vssoup
  • Archaic
4 9.3

In trouble because of a problem

is informal and used mainly as a fixed phrase

Antonyms

in the clear
  • Informal
33 4.4

Not in danger, trouble, or under suspicion

Idioms

in the soup
  • Archaic
4 9.3

In trouble because of a problem

1 7.4

Including everything from the beginning to the end

duck soup
  • Archaic
1 6.1

A task that is very easy to do

To try something very difficult that goes wrong and becomes messy

Compounds

33 1.6

A place that gives free hot meals to people who are poor or homeless

24 1.0

A hot soup made with chicken and vegetables that people eat for comfort when sick

A hot dish of vegetables like carrots and potatoes cooked in a tasty liquid

A soup with pieces of chicken, noodles, and vegetables in hot chicken broth

5 6.3

A soup made from turtle meat that people eat on special occasions

4 1.0

A deep dish for serving and eating soup

3 1.7

A thick dish made from dried peas, often with ham or vegetables

A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles

2 1.0

A soup made from lentils cooked in stock with onions and carrots

2 1.0

A spoon with a large round bowl for eating soup

primordial soup
  • Specialized
2 8.6

A mix of simple chemicals in early oceans that may have formed life

1 1.0

A soup made mainly from carrots, often with broth and cream

1 8.2

A soup made from a calf's head or other meat that copies turtle soup

1 6.2

A soup offered as the day's special in a restaurant

A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables

pea soup
  • Archaic
1 7.0

A very thick yellow fog that makes it hard to see

1 2.9

A clear hot Chinese soup with small meat dumplings and vegetables

A creamy soup made from cooked cauliflower and broth

1 7.5

A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food

1 1.3

A hot dish of rice and vegetables cooked in water, often eaten as a small meal

1 1.1

A large deep spoon with a long handle for serving soup

1 1.8

A deep plate with a wide rim used for serving soup

A cold or warm soup made mainly from blueberries and often served as a dessert

A creamy soup made from champignon mushrooms, often served as a starter

A soup made with chard and other vegetables

A Chinese soup made by pouring beaten eggs into hot broth

A soup for children with small noodles shaped like letters

alphabet soup
  • Informal
7.9

A confusing mix of short abbreviations and technical words

A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery

A soup made by cooking the tail of a cow slowly with vegetables

soup-fin
  • Specialized
9.9

A Pacific shark with fins used for Chinese soup and liver rich in vitamin A

9.7

A situation that is very messy and a complete disaster

A kitchen tool that removes solid pieces from liquid when making or serving soup

9.9

A thick mustache above the lip that catches food

Surface Forms

soup singular
soups plural

Etymology

Soup in the phrase in the soup gives the picture of being stuck in a hot, messy bowl. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine being 'in trouble' as if you were stuck in hot soup.