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. Just the physical image, I think-- one digs a hole with a shovel (= goes into debt so deeply) that one cannot climb out. .

in a hole - in debt, owing money (in business) Can anyone explain why?

Hi, Please have a look at this: Today many businesspeople feel that they have no real problem because they don't have to refinance until the middle of 2010. What if that line of credit cries up? Also, don’t forget that plummeting

I think here it means "in debt" (in some way appropriate to the context). It can also mean "late", "behind schedule", but that doesn't seem to fit quite so well. It's often written as one word:

I mean, this is a great gig , Again equipment in this context? but none of it's ours. This equipment, it's all leased. We're in it up to here. Full of debts?

April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. As the country faces a deep recession, Americans are paying closer attention to personal finance. Some critics partly blame the crisis on Americans’ low savings rate and high

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. The

Time of their punishment has been fulfilled. What does it mean? This doesn't really make any sense. Are you sure you quoted it correctly? The only guess I can make is that you are trying to say "They have paid their debt to

Hi, What does the phrase ‘sally forth’ in the following sentence mean? I would rather sally forth in an effort to slay the debt maturity dragons and live with…. Thanks, MG.