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[in the rough]

See: [DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH].

[in the running]  {adj.} or  {adv. phr.}

Having a chance to win; not to be counted out; among those who might win.

At the beginning of the last lap of the race, only two horses were still in the running.

* /A month before Joyce married Hal, three of  […]

[in the saddle] adv. or  {adj. phr.}

In command; in control; in a position to order or boss others.

Mr. Park was in the saddle when he had over half the company's stock.

[in the same boat]  {adv.} or  {adj. phr.}

In the same trouble; in the same fix; in the same bad situation.

When the town's one factory closed and hundreds of people lost their jobs, all the storekeepers were in the same boat.

* /Dick was  […]

[in the same breath]  {adv. phr.}

1. At the same time; without waiting.

John would complain about hard times, and in the same breath boast of his prize-winning horses.

* /Jane said Bill was selfish, but in the same breath she said she was sorry to  […]

[in the same place]

See: [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE].

[in the sand]

See:

[HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND].

[in the second place]

See: [IN THE --- PLACE].

[in the short run]  {adv. phr.}

In the immediate future.

We are leasing a car in the short run; later we might buy one.

Contrast: [IN THE LONG RUN].

[in the soup]  {adj. phr.},  {slang}

In serious trouble; in confusion; in disorder.

When his wife overdrew their bank account without telling him, Mr. Phillips suddenly found himself really in the soup.

* /The police misunderstood Harry's night  […]