be/go up the spout

be up the spout

slang To be pregnant. You two have only been married for a couple of months, I can't believe you're up the spout already! Yeah, I was pretty wild during my university years—that's why I was up the spout at 22. If Kristin's up the spout, I can't imagine it was planned—she's never expressed an interest in having kids.

See also: spout, up

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be/go up the ˈspout

(British English, slang) be/go wrong; be spoilt or not working: It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout. ♢ This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout. Spout was the name given to a lift in a pawnbroker’s shop which took goods up to an area where they were stored. If somebody had items up the spout, they were in financial trouble. The expression gradually came to mean difficulties in general.

See also: go, spout, up

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