be/go up the spout

be up the spout

slang To be pregnant. You two have only been married for a couple of months, I can't believe you're up the spout already!

be/go up the ˈspout

(British English, slang) be/go wrong; be spoilt or not working: It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout. This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout. Spout was the name given to a lift in a pawnbroker’s shop which took goods up to an area where they were stored. If somebody had items up the spout, they were in financial trouble. The expression gradually came to mean difficulties in general.

词组	be/go up the spout
释义	be/go up the spout be up the spout slang To be pregnant. You two have only been married for a couple of months, I can't believe you're up the spout already! See also: spout, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be/go up the ˈspout (British English, slang) be/go wrong; be spoilt or not working: It looks like our holiday plans are up the spout. This information the bank sent me is totally up the spout. Spout was the name given to a lift in a pawnbroker’s shop which took goods up to an area where they were stored. If somebody had items up the spout, they were in financial trouble. The expression gradually came to mean difficulties in general. See also: go, spout, up Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: be up the spout spout up the spout duff be up the duff be up the pole be up the stick spout from spout from (something) spouting
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