Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic, informal)In a situation of being the object of someone's anger or disapproval, especially one's spouse.

    in Ungnade

    в опа́леv opále, в неми́лостиv nemílosti, в заго́неv zagóne

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Why's the cat in the doghouse?

    deWieso ist die Katze in der Hundehütte? — Yorwba

  2. When it's raining, my dog usually stays in her doghouse.

    deBei Regen bleibt unsere Hündin gewöhnlich in ihrer Hütte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom is in the doghouse.

  4. I'm in the doghouse again.

    ruЯ опять впал в немилость. — marafon

  5. The former director is in a doghouse.

    ruБывший директор сейчас в опале. — odexed

Translations

3 languages
Русский
Experiencing someone's anger or disapproval:
Deutsch
Experiencing someone's anger or disapproval:

Synonyms

4 synonyms
doghousedin the dogboxin hot waterin someone's bad books

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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