duck's guts

== English == === Alternative forms === ducks guts, ducks' guts === Pronunciation === === Noun === duck's guts pl (plural only) (Australia, informal) Something superlative, something outstanding. [from 1970s] (Barbados, slang) A difficult or awkward situation, trouble. [from 1960s] Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck,‎ gut. ==== References ==== Eric Partridge (2013), “duck’s guts”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, volumes I–II, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 759.