Idioms - trouble 87

Background:

Idioms use language metaphorically rather than literally. If you 'make your bed and lie in it', it means you accept the consequences of your actions, not that you arrange your bed and then lie down and go to sleep. Idioms are also fixed groups of words so you can't change the wording of an idiom.

For example, you can say 'face the music' to mean 'accept a punishment for a wrong-doing', but you can't say 'face the song' or 'face the movie'.

To be in / get into trouble

To be in hot water
To get in hot water [ membuat seseorang mendapat susah]
To land in hot water
To find oneself in hot water

To be in a dangerous situation, or a difficult situation where you are likely to be punished-if someone is in hot water, people are angry with them and they are likely to be punished

.....'She sent quite a few emails complaining about her boss. Someone forwarded them to the boss – she's in hot water now!'
.....He found himself in hot water over his speech about immigration.
.....You'll get into hot water if your teacher finds out.

To be in the soup
This idiom is similar in meaning to 'to be in hot water.' It means: to be in a dangerous situation, or a difficult situation where you are likely to be punished. [dalam susah -susah]

....I told her not to send that email, but she wouldn't listen to me, and now she's in the soup.'
.....This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they'll really be in the soup.


To get out of the soup
To escape from a difficult or dangerous situation, thus avoiding punishment.

......'We're in quite a lot of trouble right now, but I have a plan which could get us out of the soup.


To be in somebody's bad books
To be in the dog house
To be off the team

These idioms all mean that somebody who you are usually close to is angry with you, because of something you did (or something you should have done, but didn't). -tidak suka akan seseorang- suka akan seseorang
-If you are in someone's good/bad books, they are pleased/not pleased with you:

.....He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived 2 hours late.
....I cleaned the bathroom yesterday so I'm in Mum's good books.
....'I'm in my mum's bad books again. I said I'd do the washing up before I went out, but I didn't.'

....'I'm in the doghouse because I forgot my boyfriend's birthday. He hasn't spoken to me for three days.' - kena boikot-
......I'm in the doghouse - I broke Sara's favourite vase this morning.
.....I forgot to turn the oven off and the dinner's ruined, so I'm really in the doghouse.

.....'I went to a party with my girlfriend last weekend, but she said I spent all my time talking to my friends, and not enough time with her, so I'm off the team at the moment.'


To be up the creek without a paddle
This means that you are in trouble and you have no way to save yourself. A creek is a small river: if you are in a boat without a paddle (a paddle is a short, flat oar that people use to move and control small boats) you are stuck in the middle of the creek with no way to control your boat.

be up the creek (without a paddle) informal, very informal! be up shit creek (without a paddle) - to be in a very difficult situation that you are not able to improve

......If the car breaks down we're really up the creek. [patah kaki]
......He'll be up shit creek unless he finds the money to pay off his loan.
.....'It was the middle of the night. I was at the station, with no money, no ticket and no telephone. The last bus had just left, and all the hotels were full. I was definitely up the creek without a paddle.'


To catch somebody red-handed
To discover somebody in the act of committing a crime or doing something bad. -to discover someone while they are in the act of doing something bad or illegal: - menangkap seseorang suatu sedang-

.....He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.
.....I caught him red-handed trying to break into my car. [often + doing sth]
'We spent ages wondering who the office thief was. Then one day I came back from lunch and discovered it was Julie. I caught her red-handed, going through my bag.'


To put the cat among the pigeons
To do or say something that causes trouble or makes people angry, worried or upset.

....Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons.
.....'Tell them that they are all going to have their pay cut. That should put the cat among the pigeons!'


The consequences of trouble:

To make your bed and lie in it
This means that if you have done something bad or stupid, you have to accept the results of your actions.
You've made your bed (and you'll have to lie in it)., You made your bed (now lie in it).
something that you say in order to tell someone that they must accept that they will suffer as a result of something bad that they have done


.....'I don't want to hear you complaining that you haven't got any money: you bought a really expensive watch last month when there is nothing wrong with the watch you already have. If you've got no money, it's your own fault – you made your bed, now lie in it!'
.....Don't come crying to me if it all goes wrong. You've made your bed and you'll have to lie in it.

To face the music
To receive punishment or judgement for something wrong or illegal that you have done. - to accept criticism or punishment for something that you have done - menerima akibatnya

.....When the missing money was noticed, he chose to disappear rather than face the music
.....'The young man was taken to court and forced to face the music for the crimes that he had committed

To throw the book at somebody
This idiom is used when the police or other official body try to get the maximum possible punishment for someone's wrong-doings. - to punish or criticize someone as severely as possible -mengemukan segala tuduhan yang mungkin terhadap seseorang-

.....It was the fifth time Frank had been arrested for drink-driving, so the judge threw the book at him.
.....After the accident, the safety inspector threw the book at the company directors.
......'He drove really fast, straight through a red light. The police stopped him and found that he was driving with no tax, no insurance and he had been drinking alcohol too! They threw the book at him and he got sent to prison for a long time.'


Punishment


(To get/give someone) a slap on the wrist
To get a light punishment for a crime or wrongdoing: often lighter than expected or normal [amaran - hukuman ringan ] wrist - pergelangan tgn-
a warning or punishment that is not severe

.....I got a slap on the wrist for arriving late again.
.......'He stole handbags from at least 7 old ladies, but all he got was six weeks in prison. That's just a slap on the wrist, if you ask me!'

get your wrist slapped

......We got our wrists slapped for leaving the door unlocked all night.



(To get/give someone) a tongue-lashing
A tongue-lashing is where someone speaks to you very sharply (and often for quite a long time) because you did something bad or wrong.
- dihamun- kena hamun-

......'She was very lucky that she didn't get sent to prison for what she did. The judge let her go with a fine and a severe tongue lashing.'
.......The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.

To get one's knuckles rapped
To get a rap on the knuckles
'Knuckles' are the joints of the bones in the hand and fingers. 'Rap' means to hit sharply. The literal meaning of this idiom is to hit sharply on the back of the hand (a punishment that used to be used in some British schools). The idiomatic meaning is to receive a short, immediate punishment, that is not especially severe.
- mengetuk - menegur -


.....I got a rap on the knuckles for not finishing my essay on time.
......He stole a car and drove it around for a couple of hours before returning it to its owner. It was his first offence and he seemed sorry, so the judge let him go with a rap on the knuckles'.
......He was rapped over the knuckles by the management.

Other trouble idioms:


To stitch somebody upTo be stitched upTo arrange for somebody else to be blamed for a crime or wrongdoing they are not responsible for. These idiomatic verbs are often used in the passive form:

in my book
in my opinion:
.....She's never lied to me, and in my book that counts for a lot