be in Dutch with someone —(dated) be in trouble or disfavor with a person:
- Maybe Barn will fire me when he knows I’m in Dutch with his family.
go Dutch with someone—share the cost of a meal, drink, etc. with a person:
- Although going Dutch is un–Korean, many young Koreans do go Dutch with their western friends.
Cf.: Dutch treat—one at which each person contributes his or her own share:
- They each paid an equal share of the wedding, as it was a Dutch treat.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase do the Dutch—(sl.) commit suicide:
- Milan is asked by William Carnine to find out why his daughter, Ellen, committed suicide (“did the Dutch”) by jumping off a bridge.