Date post: | 01-Nov-2014 |
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be duck soup (American, informal)
by Keizo
be duck soup
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• =to be very easy to do.
• *Winning your case in court ought to be duck soup.
be in the soup (old-fashioned)
by Keizo
be in the soup
•
• =to be in trouble
• *This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they’ll really be in the soup.
from soup to nuts
(American, informal)
by Keizo
from soup to nuts
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• =from the beginning to the end
• *She told us everything about the trip, from soup to nuts.
in the soup
by Keizo
in the soup •
• =experiencing a difficult situation
• *As soon as the airlines started to make a profit, they put themselves right back in the soup with a new round of mergers.
soup up something
by Keizo
soup up something •
• =to make something more powerful
• *They had to soup up the air-conditioning to keep her computers from overheating in the summer.
be in the soup
•
• =to be in trouble
• *This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they’ll really be in the soup.