Meaning: Having lost money. Or in solitary confinement in prison. For example, "After playing roulette and losing I'm in the hole". Or, "He disobeyed the rules, throw him in the hole".
Category: Idioms
Idioms are expressions with greater meaning. Phrases like "nick of time" or "in other words" or "for heaven's sake". Definition: a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word understood on its own:
in the gutter
Meaning: Having dirty thoughts. For example, "I want to talk about life but his mind is always in the gutter".
in the flesh
Meaning: In person. For example, "Here I am, in the flesh".
