Idioms With Soup

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.