big trouble
Serious hot water
Big trouble is serious difficulty or danger, more severe than ordinary trouble.
The phrase often carries a warning tone: You're going to be in big trouble when your father gets home.
It suggests consequences that can't be easily dismissed or escaped: The company is in big trouble financially.
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
hot water · in hot water · panic · catastrophe · crime · loss · dire straits · up the creek · ruin · world of hurt · pickle · in a jam · conflict · predicament · tough spot · betrayal · chaos · soup
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
big troublesmooth sailing
Untroubled progress forward
no problem · minor inconvenience · non-issue · no big deal · trifle
big troublebig break
Career-making opportunity
stroke of luck · good fortune · blessing · windfall · lucky break
big troublebig break
Career-making opportunity
stroke of luck · easy street · good fortune · clear skies · plain sailing
big, trouble, troubled, bigger, troubling, troublesome, biggest, bigly, bigness