in hock



debt, embarrassed, encumbered, in the red, indebted, involved, pledged, posted, put up, tied up ,

   air pocket - aerospace, air hole, airspace, bump, ceiling, crosswind, empty space, favourable wind, fog, front, head wind, high-pressure area, hole, ionosphere, low-pressure area,

   short commons - allotment, allowance, bit, board, commons, dole, fast, meal, mess, mite, pittance, rations, tucker ,

   dispensable - admissible, allowable, back-burner, condonable, defensible, dinky, disposable, excess, excusable, expendable, expiable, expletive, forgiveable, gratuitous, immaterial,

   mirth-loving - buxom, frivolous, gleeful, hilarious, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful, rejoicing, risible ,

   extra edition - daily, extra, gazette, news, newspaper, paper, rag, sheet, special, tabloid, weekly ,

   deluxe - Babylonian, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, choice, dainty, delicate, elaborate, elegant, exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fine, glorious, grand,

   larking - festivity, gaiety, hoopla, jollity, joviality, merriment, merrymaking, playful, revelry, whoopee ,

   bond of matrimony - alliance, bed, cohabitation, intermarriage, match, matrimony, misalliance, miscegenation, mixed marriage, union, wedlock ,

   cavil - adverse criticism, animadversion, argue, around the bush, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bandy words, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, captiousness, carp, carping,

   give the stick - baste, beat, belabour, belt, buffet, cane, club, cudgel, cut, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, horsewhip, lace,