deep trouble
Dire straits ahead
Deep trouble is a serious predicament or difficult situation with significant consequences.
The phrase emphasizes severity—not just trouble, but trouble that's hard to escape: If the audit finds discrepancies, we're in deep trouble.
Often appears with "in": The company found itself in deep trouble after the scandal broke.
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- sticky situationDifficult circumstance to escape
- pitFruit's hard seed
- fearEmotional response to threat
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
panic · peril · on thin ice · rock bottom · anxiety · disaster · hot water · alarm · emergency · quicksand · dire straits · in over your head · corruption · collapse · sinking · despair · abyss · downfall
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
deep troubleminor inconvenience
hiccup · bump in the road · trifle · no big deal · small potatoes
deep troublesafe and sound
Unharmed and protected
out of danger · in the clear · out of harm's way · out of the woods · smooth sailing
deep troublesitting pretty
In favorable circumstances
in good shape · smooth sailing · good fortune · in clover · fortunate
deep, trouble, troubled, troubling, deepen, troublesome, untroubled, deepest, deeper