What is "in trouble"

prep.phr. 1 Suffering difficulties. 2 (context chiefly of a child English) Liable to be punished for misbehavior; in disgrace.

1. adj. having a serious nonfinancial problem; "in trouble with the police" [syn: in trouble(p)]

2. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p), in trouble(p)]