in the hole | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Having sufferednetlosses; indebt.1993, Shelby Foote, introduction to Stephen Crane,The Red Badge of Courage, The Modern Library (1993),→ISBN,unnumbered pages:Further testimony to his commercial incompetence lay in the fact that, at fifty cents a copy, a complete sellout would have left him worse than $300in the hole—proof enough, if proof was needed, that it wasn't primarily money he was after; it was fame.1999June 18, Dwight Ott, “A Share Of Bridge Tolls For Camden?”, inPhiladelphia Inquirer:Finance Director Robert Law added that even if Camden laid off all of its civilian employees, it would still be millionsin the hole.2011September 15, Matt Prigge, “How 'Drive' Director Nicolas Winding Refn was influenced by 'Pretty Woman'”, inPhiladelphia Weekly:Instead it was a critical and commercial bomb that put his production company millionsin the hole, necessitating twoPushersequels (in 2004 and 2005) to get him in the black.; (stud poker)Of a card ("the hole card") which is dealt face down and thus unknown to all but its holder; hence(idiomatic)in reserve; in particularace in the hole.

Examples:

EN: I say that every minute that we stall puts us that much deeper in the hole.
ES: Cada minuto perdido nos pone en dificultades.
EN: I've got an ace in the hole.
ES: Tengo un as en la manga.
EN: You've got to quit, Eleanor. You're 5,000 in the hole.
ES: Tienes que dejarlo, has perdido 5.000 dólares.
EN: ♪ you're my new Ace in the hole ♪
ES: Eres mi nuevo as de reserva
EN: Gus is in the hole.
ES: Gus está en apuros.
EN: I got an ace in the hole, Edna.
ES: Me queda un recurso, Edna.
EN: Yes, when there's treasure in the hole, there's fire in the forecastle.
ES: Cuando hay un tesoro en juego, hay fuego en el castillo de proa.
EN: Fire effect and all, we're $74,000 and a few pennies in the hole.
ES: El efecto del fuego incluido, debemos $74,000 y algunos peniques.
EN: That is my ace in the hole.
ES: Ese es mi as en la manga.
EN: Because you're our ace in the hole and we don't want that hole to be a grave.
ES: Porque usted es nuestro as en la manga. Y no queremos que eso se convierta en su tumba.
EN: Maybe I got an ace or two in the hole, too.
ES: Quizá tenga un as en la manga.
EN: I'm always in the hole from 5 to 10 Grand, and then I pay it back in one sweep.
ES: La semana que viene se lo habré pagado, y todo olvidado.
EN: I had an ace in the hole.
ES: Tenía un as en el montón.
EN: [Laughing] A deuce in the hole in this game is good as an ace.
ES: Un dos en este juego vale por un as.
EN: Honesty's my ace in the hole.
ES: La sinceridad es mi as en la manga.

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