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    in the barrel

    US /ɪn ði ˈbærəl/

    ・

    UK /ɪn ði ˈbærəl/

    C2
    idm.In a difficult situation; in trouble or at a disadvantage.
    After missing the deadline, he was really in the barrel with his boss.

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    • You can be like riding in the barrel and all of a sudden the barrel goes from like this beautiful blue color and everything's just like, nothing can go wrong, to like, okay, it's changing color, it's like lighter, it's a little more green now.

      You can be like riding in the barrel and all of a sudden the barrel goes from like this beautiful blue color and everything's just like, nothing can go wrong, to like, okay, it's changing color, it's like lighter, it's a little more green now.

    • You can be, like, riding in the barrel,

      You can be, like, riding in the barrel,

    B1

    Epstein Files Vote Is A Huge Loss For Trump | "Quiet Piggy" | Dictator Besties | A Flying McDonald’s

    11:42Epstein Files Vote Is A Huge Loss For Trump | "Quiet Piggy" | Dictator Besties | A Flying McDonald’s
    • but nobody chopped up the old guy in the logo and stuffed his body parts in the barrel, even though it's specifically a barrel for crackers.

      but nobody chopped up the old guy in the logo and stuffed his body parts in the barrel, even though it's specifically a barrel for crackers.

    • nobody chopped up the old guy in the logo and stuffed his body parts in the barrel.

      nobody chopped up the old guy in the logo and stuffed his body parts in the barrel.

    B1

    Gordon Tries Fermented Fish | Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted

    04:00Gordon Tries Fermented Fish | Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
    • We have had it in the barrel for a longer amount of time.

      We have had it in the barrel for a longer amount of time.

    • We have had it in the barrel for a longer amount of time.

      We have had it in the barrel for a longer amount of time.

    B1

    2 Days at a Japanese University for Anime & Manga!

    17:012 Days at a Japanese University for Anime & Manga!
    • I just say like, "Oh, yeah, he's in the barrel," and I don't have to show.

      I just say like, "Oh, yeah, he's in the barrel," and I don't have to show.

    • Yeah, my guy's in the barrel, just like a little hand coming through.

      Yeah, my guy's in the barrel, just like a little hand coming through.

    A2

    Apple’s iPad event in 12 minutes

    11:50Apple’s iPad event in 12 minutes
    • To start, we added a new sensor in the barrel of the Pencil to enable new interactions.

      To start, we added a new sensor in the barrel of the Pencil to enable new interactions.

    B1

    Ellen Meets the ‘Apparently’ Kid, Part 2

    03:56Ellen Meets the ‘Apparently’ Kid, Part 2
    • In slow motion jumping onto the other bed in the barrel roll.

      In slow motion jumping onto the other bed in the barrel roll.

    B1

    The Pantheon

    08:32The Pantheon
    • That complex visual relationship between the dome and the decorative structures in the barrel remind us that this actual structural system here is dependent on concrete, and not these decorative columns that we see on the interior.

      That complex visual relationship between the dome and the decorative structures in the barrel remind us that this actual structural system here is dependent on concrete, and not these decorative columns that we see on the interior.

    B1