IN A BOX

Definition: IN A BOX

IN A BOX

1. In a perplexity or an embarrassing position; in difficulty. (Colloq.) In the wrong box , out of one's place; out of one's element; awkwardly situated. (Colloq.) --Ridley (1554)

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Difficulty

Under a difficulty; in a box; in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape; Noun: in deep water, in a fine pickle; in extremis; between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis; surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands; at cross purposes; not out of the wood.

Judge

Jury, twelve men in a box.

Crosswords: IN A BOX

That president is coming home from California in a box. (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire)

Married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, married a gay ice dancer, threw a girl's wooden leg in the fire, live in a box! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; writing credit: Tom Stoppard;)

Place them in a box until a quieter time (Ants Marching; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

In a Box (1968)

Monster in a Box (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• ABC Block Books: 26 Board Books in a Box! (reference)

• Dont Bury Me in a Box...The Emotional Impact "ed" of Moving (reference)

• Momus : being the nihilistic deeds and opinions of an anti-social criminal : a novella in a box (reference)

• Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box (American Scene (Washington, D.C.), 4,) (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• PG MUSIC Band In A Box {Macintosh/PowerMacintosh) (reference)

• Monster Cable Home Theater in a Box Component Connection Kit (HTIB CV-KIT) (reference)

• Yamaha YHT-900 6.1 Channel Home Theater in a Box with DVD Changer (reference)

• KLH DVZ-2500 Home Theater In a Box (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Living in a Box" by Rainer Wonisch. Use the arrow keys to rotate the box to see what's inside.

"Surprise in a Box" by Hassan Sedaghat.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

They bring in a box with nothing in it, they carry it away with something inside.

He dumped them in a box.

She carried me on her lap in a box tied about her waist.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "IN A BOX": twelve men in a box. Additional references.

Japanese Kanji 

箱詰め (packed in a box), 箱枕 (pillow encased in a box), 箱に収まる (to be stored in a box). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

は�"まくら (pillow encased in a box), は�"づめ (packed in a box), は�"におさまる (to be stored in a box). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay aay oxbay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: axion.

-2 letters: axon, bani, naoi, obia.

-3 letters: abo, ain, ani, ban, bin, bio, boa, box, ion, nab, nib, nix, nob, obi.

-4 letters: ab, ai, an, ax, ba, bi, bo, in, na, no, on, ox, xi.

+4 letters: boxhauling, exorbitant, inexorable, inexorably, xenophobia.

+5 letters: exorbitance, subluxation, xenophobias.