Bun in the oven

**Tdol** · 22-Sep-2007, 12:18

**Veron1** · 22-Sep-2007, 14:58

My answer was right,Tdol

Thank you for this wonderful and new idiom

I.A

**thedaffodils** · 11-Aug-2008, 13:09

Hooray! I hit it too!

**bwana_ndege** · 28-Nov-2008, 13:09

Anyone seen the original Police Academy... Mahoney is wearing this on a T-Shirt near the begining.

**BobK** · 28-Nov-2008, 15:26

A similar idiom (I mean, with the same meaning) is 'in the club' (an abbreviated form of "in the pudding club" - which is rarely if ever used).

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**I'm With Stupid** · 07-Dec-2008, 18:18

Originally Posted by BobK

A similar idiom (I mean, with the same meaning) is 'in the club' (an abbreviated form of "in the pudding club" - which is rarely if ever used).

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"Up the duff" is in some way linked to that phrase too. Don't ask me how. Something to do with duff pudding, which I've never even heard of.

**Barb_D** · 07-Dec-2008, 19:04

Of course, depending on her circumstances, someone with a bun in the oven could be in a bit of trouble, and she's been busy doing SOMETHING!

**Camán** · 07-Mar-2009, 23:33

Being a father of 6, I think I know this one.

**theeexcellence** · 16-Apr-2009, 13:12

Hurrah, I got it right as well!

**Daruma** · 21-Jun-2009, 02:59

have a bun in the oven (informal, humorous) to be pregnant

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have a bun in the oven
informal : to be pregnant
▪ Rumor has it, she has a bun in the oven.

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