in trouble with

Idioms  

1. In difficulties with someone, especially an authority. For example, If they don't shovel their walk, they'll be in trouble with their neighbors. This idiom is also put as, as in Watch what you say or you'll get into trouble with the teacher. [Mid-1500s] Also see hot water; in a fix.

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Example Sentences

However his side were swiftly in trouble, with the out-of-form Ben Duckett, playing in his first game of the series thanks to a Phil Salt injury in the warm-up, trapped lbw from the third ball of the innings.

From BBC

“So hard! I thought we’d only be separated for a few weeks at most. Your grandfather was in trouble with the government, and we imagined they’d be eager to rid themselves of a troublemaker. Instead they jailed him, and we were stuck there. When they finally released him, he was very sick. He died soon after. So I packed up my clothes, a photo album, and the keys to my apartment in Cuba and to my childhood house in Turkey.”

From Literature

Dimon said he didn’t want to do something that would get him in trouble with the next administration’s Justice Department.

From The Wall Street Journal

You’re going to get me in trouble with my wife.

From Los Angeles Times

That could, however, land Gabon in trouble with football's world governing body FIFA, which bans government interference in the affairs of its member associations.

From Barron's