in the box—(coll.)
1. in the jury box:
- By his country, represented by twelve men in a box, he will be tried.
2. in a refrigerator:
- “Beer’s in the box,” he pointed to the fridge in the kitchen and jostled back toward the den.
3. live in extremely confined, second-rate quarters:
- You live in a box down by the river…. Is that how we’re supposed to live?
in the ice box—
1. = in the box 2:
- He found a lot of food in the icebox and had fixed a big salad.
2. (U.S. sl.) in a mortuary (also: in cold storage):
- He’s got seven stiffs down there in the icebox.