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Record 1 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions
OBS

be in the soup: [literal French translation:] Être dans la soupe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques
DEF

Être, se mettre dans une situation embarrassante, désagréable, inextricable.

OBS

Variantes possibles : Être, se mettre, se ficher, se fourrer, dans un beau pétrin, dans un joli pétrin.

Key term(s)
  • être dans un beau pétrin
  • être dans un joli pétrin
  • se mettre dans un beau pétrin
  • se mettre dans un joli pétrin
  • se fourrer dans un beau pétrin
  • se fourrer dans un joli pétrin

Spanish

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