Mettre dans de sales draps
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in a right pickle ? 
in a fix?..
You'll end up in deep waters is a possibility, or also you'll end up in a bad fix / into deep sh.t ...
Nice catch! Would you agree that "dans de sales draps" = "dans de beaux draps", then?in a right pickle ?
Notre dictionnaire favori propose in deep water / in a sticky situation / (GB) in a right pickle
up Sh** street
or up Sh** Creek (with no paddles)?
or up Sh** Creek (with no paddles)?
Yes! That's the one I was looking for, FranParis. Merci!
And thanks to all of you for excellent suggestions. Deep sh.t is also bang on but probably too "raw" for the audience. Right Pickle I heard before. Isn't that a British expression?
Thanks again,
Danie
And thanks to all of you for excellent suggestions. Deep sh.t is also bang on but probably too "raw" for the audience. Right Pickle I heard before. Isn't that a British expression?
Thanks again,
Danie
Tout à fait.
Mais To be in hot waters, correct selon le contexte, signifie plutôt "être en danger". Les draps, sales ou beaux, peuvent ne signifier qu'un problème plus simple, pas toujours un danger.
D'accord. You can say you're in hot water with someone (a parent for example) and it means you're in trouble, but not danger. While it could be used in a situation of danger, I've rarely heard it used that way.
J'aime bien "to be in the soup", même si c'est une exclusivité de Bertie Wooster (le héros de PG Wodehouse):
1) I could see no happy issue for him from the soup in which he was immersed. (Jeeves in the offing)
2) 'Jeeves,' I said. 'Sir?' 'I rather fancy I'm in the soup, Jeeves.' 'Indeed, sir?' I eyed the man narrowly. Dashed aloof his manner was. Still brooding over the cummerbund. 'Yes. Right up to the hocks,' I said, suppressing the pride of the Woosters and trying to induce him to be a bit matter. 'Have you seen a girl popping about here with a parson brother?' 'Miss Hemmingway, sir? Yes, sir.' 'Aunt Agatha wants me to marry her.' (The inimitable Jeeves)
3) It's rummy how some things don't go away when neglected. I mean to say, take a girl for instance, you had better be dashed careful not to neglect her or one morning she will have sailed for the colonies with a millionaire, and there you are, in the soup, supposing of course that your heart was really in it, and you were not secretly wishing to be well-shot of the whole business. (Jeeves and the blessed indiscretion)
1) I could see no happy issue for him from the soup in which he was immersed. (Jeeves in the offing)
2) 'Jeeves,' I said. 'Sir?' 'I rather fancy I'm in the soup, Jeeves.' 'Indeed, sir?' I eyed the man narrowly. Dashed aloof his manner was. Still brooding over the cummerbund. 'Yes. Right up to the hocks,' I said, suppressing the pride of the Woosters and trying to induce him to be a bit matter. 'Have you seen a girl popping about here with a parson brother?' 'Miss Hemmingway, sir? Yes, sir.' 'Aunt Agatha wants me to marry her.' (The inimitable Jeeves)
3) It's rummy how some things don't go away when neglected. I mean to say, take a girl for instance, you had better be dashed careful not to neglect her or one morning she will have sailed for the colonies with a millionaire, and there you are, in the soup, supposing of course that your heart was really in it, and you were not secretly wishing to be well-shot of the whole business. (Jeeves and the blessed indiscretion)
It means : To be in a great deal of trouble.