| hotfoot it |
to move away with haste on foot, usually to avoid trouble or danger. |
| ill |
evil or harm; trouble. [1/11 definitions] |
| inconvenience |
to cause trouble or extra effort for. [1/3 definitions] |
| in deep water |
having great difficulties or trouble. |
| in Dutch |
(informal) in trouble or disfavor. |
| in hot water |
(informal) in a bad situation; in trouble. |
| jam1 |
(informal) a difficulty or embarrassment not easily resolved; trouble or predicament. [1/12 definitions] |
| lead a dog's life |
to have a life of misery and trouble. |
| matter |
problem or trouble (prec. by "the"; often fol. by "with"). [1/8 definitions] |
| mischief-maker |
a person who creates trouble or discord among others, esp. by gossiping. |
| Moab Isolation Center |
a special U.S. internment camp located near Moab, Utah, occupied in 1943 by American citizens of Japanese descent who had been deemed to be "trouble-makers" during their previous internment at ordinary camps created for the holding of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The conditions at the Moab Isolation Center were harsher than at other camps. At its peak, there were about fifty people being held there. |
| moil |
confusion, agitation, or trouble; turmoil. [1/4 definitions] |
| nag1 |
to trouble or make uncomfortable, persistently or recurrently. [1/6 definitions] |
| peck1 |
(informal) a large amount, esp. of trouble; lot. [1/4 definitions] |
| play ball |
(slang) to do exactly as requested, esp. to avoid trouble or harm to oneself or others. |
| pother |
to trouble, confuse, or bother; worry. [2/4 definitions] |
| put to |
to cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience. [1/3 definitions] |
| raise hob with |
to cause a commotion; disrupt; trouble. |
| red flag |
(informal) anything that signals trouble or danger ahead. [1/2 definitions] |
| rend |
to trouble or distress (the heart, spirit, or the like). [1/4 definitions] |
| rhyming slang |
a form of language play in which one word or phrase is replaced with another that rhymes with the intended one, such as "trouble and strife" for "wife". |