Definition: To be in a situation in which someone is annoyed with you because of something you did. 在英语里，如果你做错事惹了某人生气从而失宠、受冷落、遭排挤，这时我们就可以说 you are in the doghouse. Origin: Based on the idea of being punished like a dog who is forced to stay in a doghouse (a shelter used by a dog), away from people. 1911, J. M. Barrie used a plot device in which the father of the family, Mr. Darling, consigned himself to the dog's kennel as an act of remorse for inadvertently causing his children to be kidnapped. Many consider this to be the source.