American, informal

be in the hole - if someone is an amount of money in the hole, they owe that amount of money.

The campaign has run out of money and is going into the hole.

• the wheels are turning
• the whole ball of wax
• the whole bit
• the whole caboodle
• the whole enchilada
• the whole kaboodle
• the whole kit and caboodle
• the whole nine yards
• the whole picture
• the whole shebang
• the whole shooting match
• the whole works
• the whys and the wherefores
• the whys and wherefores
• the whys and wherefores of
• the whys and wherefores of something
• the witching hour
• the woman in the street
• the woman of dreams
• the woman of your dreams
• the woman on the Clapham omnibus
• the woman on the street
• the wooden spoon
• the works
• the world and his wife