# How do you say in Spanish (other languages also) "I'm in the doghouse" and its offshoots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771 "2018-01-30T00:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/1 "2018-01-30T00:25:37Z")
See query. I’m not even sure if it’s Anglo-wide or just American. Usage: “I had a tiff with my wife, and now I’m in the doghouse” ie, she’s pissed at me–usually when this is said there’s some sort of acknowledgment that someone is rightly pissed off–and drastic action in the form of an apology, flowers, etc. is called for. It’s that level. I believe “being pissed” or “pissed off at” is definitely an American, not Brit (“drunk”) usage, so sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/2 "2018-01-30T01:39:39Z")
One idiomatic equivalent in Spanish that I know of is ‘en capilla’ - in the chapel, meaning a condemned prisoner awaiting execution. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/3 "2018-01-30T03:40:16Z")
A French idiom I’ve heard is “ne pas être dans les petits papiers de …”, literally “not in the little papers of…” and basically meaning out of favor. Probably this is more the equivalent of being in somebody’s bad books. Here’s a German equivalent, To be in the doghouse Translation: der Haussegen hängt schief This translates as ‘Domestic bliss is hanging askew’. [https://diaryofanalevelstudent.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/english-german-idioms/](https://diaryofanalevelstudent.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/english-german-idioms/) The Tagalog equivalent is “sa labas ng kulambo” which literally means “outside the mosquito net”. It’s a reference to the days before air-conditioning and tightly closed rooms, or to older houses without airconditioning, when mosquito nets were hung over the beds at night. The husband in disgrace is in exile, punished by not being allowed inside the mosquito net and getting bitten by mosquitoes. [attempted inline image removed] ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/4 "2018-01-30T03:43:52Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > To be in the doghouse > Translation: der Haussegen hängt schief > This translates as ‘Domestic bliss is hanging askew’ :(I was hoping for something a bit more poetic from German, or at least a single giant word that explains it. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/5 "2018-01-30T03:53:37Z")
Sorry for the bad mosquito net image link above, here’s a couple of better ones [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vtxu0tLleY0/VbbBGpJjq_I/AAAAAAAAD0g/KXQpCoDI8Lo/s1600/mosquito-net.jpg) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vtxu0tLleY0/VbbBGpJjq_I/AAAAAAAAD0g/KXQpCoDI8Lo/s1600/mosquito-net.jpg) > **[Mosquito Net or Kulambo](http://shaneyanz.blogspot.com/2011/09/mosquito-net-or-kulambo.html?m=1)** > > In the Philippines, mosquito net or kulambo is being use to protect from mosquitos during the night while sleeping. I have here the ph... They’re actually not uncommon in older houses and rural areas, probably more common than doghouses in the US. So the idea of being in disgrace and in exile has more literal meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/6 "2018-01-30T03:55:12Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > … > The Tagalog equivalent is “sa labas ng kulambo” which literally means “outside the mosquito net”. It’s a reference to the days before air-conditioning and tightly closed rooms, or to older houses without airconditioning, when mosquito nets were hung over the beds at night. The husband in disgrace is in exile, punished by not being allowed inside the mosquito net and getting bitten by mosquitoes. > [inline image attempt removed] Thanks. I must say, that’s some cite. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/7 "2018-01-30T04:09:24Z")
Tagalog is a lot more complicated than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/8 "2018-01-30T05:27:49Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > Tagalog is a lot more complicated than I thought. It takes 3 days to say “good morning”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/9 "2018-01-30T07:13:43Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > One idiomatic equivalent in Spanish that I know of is ‘en capilla’ - in the chapel, meaning a condemned prisoner awaiting execution. The stuff I’m coming up with tends to call back to childhood. _Estoy castigado / me tiene castigado / me ha puesto las orejas de burro_: I’m on timeout / (s/he) has me on timeout / (s/he) has put donkey ears on my head (apparently some old time schools would put a conical hat, sometimes with two attached cutouts of donkey ears, on students sent to the corner for a timeout; or at least, so the stories go) The punishment may be specified: _¡castigado sin salir!_ (grounded) or _durmiendo en el sofá_ (sleeping on the sofa, which may actually not be a literal sofa at all). Or simply an acknowledgement of wrongdoing: _la he cagado_ - I’ve really shat on things. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/10 "2018-01-30T13:51:06Z")
**Moderator Note** I removed the inline image from **gkster** and **Leo Bloom** ’s posts since they caused formatting issues on the page and were not readable. Just imagine a big wall of incomprehensible text and Leo’s comments will make more sense. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/11 "2018-01-30T14:55:09Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > … > Just imagine a big wall of incomprehensible text and Leo’s comments will make more sense. 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/12 "2018-01-31T00:14:35Z")
Mandarin Chinese 我在狗窝里 Wǒ zài gǒu wō li ---
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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > **Moderator Note** > > I removed the inline image from **gkster** and **Leo Bloom** ’s posts since they caused formatting issues on the page and were not readable. > > Just imagine a big wall of incomprehensible text and Leo’s comments will make more sense. 🙂 Thanks for removing it, I tried to do it myself when I saw the huge chunk of text but was just a bit too slow to make it within the edit window. And thanks for not putting me in the doghouse / outside the mosquito net 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-in-spanish-other-languages-also-im-in-the-doghouse-and-its-offshoots/807771/14 "2018-01-31T04:34:08Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Mandarin Chinese > > 我在狗窝里 > Wǒ zài gǒu wō li Little help? ---
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> [@wolfman](#): > > :(I was hoping for something a bit more poetic from German, or at least a single giant word that explains it. I could also say _ich bin bei X in **Ungnade** _ (as a state) or _ich bin bei X in **Ungnade** gefallen_ (as an event) for being in the doghouse with X. Not a metaphor, _Ungnade_ = disfavour; nowadays also outside of feudalism