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*in the soup

Fig. in a bad situation. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) Now I'm really in the soup. I broke Mrs. Franklin's window. I make a lot of mistakes. It's easy for me to get into the soup.

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Although some retailers have been hesitant to carry more expensive products in the soup category, Neuman is not discouraged. Soupy sales: consumers are seeking healthy and convenient products ... by Levitt, Craig / Grocery Headquarters If so, just break them into smaller pieces and put them in the soup. Crockpot Cooking - How to Make Chicken Noodle Soup by KC Kudra / Food/cooking/nutrition community Use very little oil and, if you really want cream in the soup, try using a yoghurt instead. How we can all warm to a bowl of soup by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			in the picture in the pink in the pipeline in the poorhouse in the prime of life in the process of in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the right place at the right time in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory			in the same boat in the same boat in the same boat in the same boat in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same breath in the same league in the same way in the same words in the scheme of things in the scrap heap in the scuddy in the scuddy in the scuddy in the second instance in the second instance in the second instance in the second place in the service of in the shadow of in the short haul in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short run in the short term in the soup in the south In the South (Alassio) in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spirit in the spotlight in the spotlight in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the strictest sense In the suds in the sun in the sun In the Supreme Court of the United States In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 78–18, 1971 Term In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970 No. ….. in the swim in the swim in the swim of things In the tank In the teeth in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet In the Trenches In the Trenches in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye

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