Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Having suffered net losses; in debt.

  2. Of a card ("the hole card") which is dealt face down and thus unknown to all but its holder; hence (idiomatic) in reserve; in particular ace in the hole.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom, be careful you don't fall in the hole.

  2. You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

  3. Tom stuffed a rag in the hole.

    deTom stopfte einen Lappen ins Loch. — maaster

  4. In a hole in the ground there lived a rabbit.

    Жив собі один кріль у норці... — deniko

    ruВ земле была нора, в которой жил кролик. — Selena777

  5. The water stayed in the hole.

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