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View synonyms for in the doghouse

in the doghouse

  1. Temporarily out of favor or in trouble: “Tyrone forgot his wife's anniversary, and now he's really in the doghouse.”


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In disfavor, in trouble, as in Jane knew that forgetting the check would put her in the doghouse . This expression alludes to relegating a dog that misbehaves to its outdoor kennel. [c. 1900]

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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