This document defines and provides examples for several idioms involving soup: "be duck soup" means to be very easy to do; "be in the soup" means to be in trouble; "from soup to nuts" means from beginning to end; "in the soup" means experiencing a difficult situation; "soup up something" means to make something more powerful. One example is given for the idiom "be in the soup", which is used to mean this team will be in trouble if they lose their game on Saturday.

1. be duck soup (American, informal) by Keizo

2. be duck soup =to be very easy to do. * Winning your case in court ought to be duck soup.

3. be in the soup (old-fashioned) by Keizo

4. be in the soup =to be in trouble *This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they’ll really be in the soup .

5. from soup to nuts (American, informal) by Keizo

6. from soup to nuts =from the beginning to the end *She told us everything about the trip, from soup to nuts.

7. in the soup by Keizo

8. in the soup =experiencing a difficult situation *As soon as the airlines started to make a profit, they put themselves right back in the soup with a new round of mergers .

9. soup up something by Keizo

10. soup up something =to make something more powerful *They had to soup up the air-conditioning to keep her computers from overheating in the summer.

12. be in the soup =to be in trouble *This team know that if they lose on Saturday, they’ll really be in the soup .