in the doghouse

== English == === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === in the doghouse (informal, idiomatic) In a situation of being the object of someone's anger or disapproval, especially one's spouse. Synonym: doghoused ==== Usage notes ==== Frequently used to describe a situation in which one is experiencing the anger of a spouse or romantic partner. One can be "in someone's doghouse"; get or be put or "into the (or someone's) doghouse"; or get "out of the (or someone's) doghouse". To be "in the doghouse with X" usually means that X is angry at you, not that someone else is angry at you and X. ==== Synonyms ==== in hot water in someone's bad books in the dogbox ==== Translations ====