Hello, friends!
My name is Snehal. I welcome you on my podcast channel where you can learn a lot about English grammar and vocabulary. Today we are going to talk about one of my favorite topics of English grammar and vocabulary and it is idioms or idiomatic expressions. If you want to take your writing style next level or impress somebody with your English then you should use these idioms or idiomatic expressions. Therefore, without wasting much time, let’s deep dive into it.
Today’s theme of idioms is “trouble”. We will discuss five idiomatic expressions and they have the same meaning. The meaning is “in trouble” or ”in a difficult position” .
- In hot water
Meaning: in trouble or in a difficult position
Example: Students should work hard before exams otherwise they will be in hot water. - In a pickle
Meaning: in trouble or in a difficult position
Example: The teacher asked him to speak in English and he thought that he was in a pickle. - In a tight spot
Meaning: in trouble or in a difficult position
Example: Because of global pandemic, a lot of people are in a tight spot. - In Dutch
Meaning: in trouble or in a difficult position
Example: Each of us will be in Dutch if the lock-down is extended once again. - Up the creek
Meaning: in trouble or in a difficult position
Example: Plenty of companies are leaving China. Economic experts believe that China will be up the creek by 2021.
These are all phrasal verbs with almost the same meaning. You can also use them interchangeably.
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