Source : WordNet®

in trouble
     adj 1: having a serious nonfinancial problem; "in trouble with the
            police" [syn: {in trouble(p)}]
     2: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the
        troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans
        and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican
        hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to
        meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the
        magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way
        financially" [syn: {distressed}, {hard-pressed}, {hard put},
         {in a bad way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]