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Difference between In the ketchup and On the sauce

admin Confusing Phrases

in the ketchup—(U.S. sl.) said of a business, etc. that fails to show a profit:

  • Ridgway has wound up in the ketchup trying to operate a gym.

on the sauce—(sl.) drinking heavily:

  • You’re not in debt, on the sauce, going gay … I can’t blackmail you.