spot.

I have never heard of the sentence you wrote.

Perhaps it could be:

We are in for a heap of trouble...I'm telling you!
We are in for a lot of trouble...I'm telling you!

Hi,

I think this is definitely a case of AmE versus BrE. '.... a spot of ...' seems fine to me.

Best wishes, Clive

The combination of 'We are in' and 'for' seem a little strange to me, but the natives can calrify.

I think this is definitely a case of AmE versus BrE. '.... a spot of ...' seems fine to me.

I think you're right, Clive. But from your post I still don't know what it means. "a lot of"? "a little of"?

CJ

A spot of something is being used here with classic British understatement. (sorry I know it would make life a lot easier if we just said what we meant). It means that they are expecting a lot of trouble.

Hello1 Why don't you tell her: All of us are in the trouble. It's simpler

Phuong ninh

Hi,

Because then people might think you were worried or afraid.

Best wishes, Clive

"I'm telling you" doesn't go very well with "spot of trouble". Here's a better example, from the film "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" (1939):

Clive (no relation) to Drummond, as a spiked ceiling descends on them: "Pardon me, sir, but we're in for a spot of trouble."

MrP

is being used here with classic British understatement

This is how it is being used. It isn't what it means?

easier if we just said what we meant

So I'm right. It doesn't mean "a lot of".

It means that they are expecting a lot of trouble

No. It does mean "a lot of".
But o

Errrrrrrr.....the more I think about it the more I get confused too CJ.

I can only think of two ways 'a spot of' is used

1) to mean a small amount, as per bit, tadge, touch, tad, smidgeon. 'Add a spot of milk to my tea' - 'that just needs a spot of polish'

2) The above meaning used ironically as an understatement. 'We seem to be having a spot of rain' (not stopped for d