in debt to (someone or something)

1. Literally, owing one money. That's what loan sharks do—they get you in debt to them and then squeeze you dry.

2. Owing one gratitude (or, more rarely, some form of compensation, such as a favor) for their help. Helen's the one who got me a job at that great company, so I'm forever in debt to her.

词组	in debt to (someone or something)
释义	in debt to (someone or something) in debt to (someone or something) 1. Literally, owing one money. That's what loan sharks do—they get you in debt to them and then squeeze you dry. 2. Owing one gratitude (or, more rarely, some form of compensation, such as a favor) for their help. Helen's the one who got me a job at that great company, so I'm forever in debt to her. See also: debt Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: in debt drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office cooking for one 1FTR as one door closes, another (one) opens as one door closes, another one opens as one door closes, another opens at one go
随便看	in the ground in the guise of (something) in the gun in the gutter in the hands of in the hands of somebody in the hands of (someone) in the heat of in the heat of (something) in the heat of the moment in the hell in the here and now in the hip pocket of (someone) in the hole in the hole for (something) in the hollow of (one's) hand in the hollow of your hand in the home stretch in the hoosegow in the hope in the hope of in the hope of something in the hope that in the hopper in the hospital