in trouble/s with

"In trouble", and "the law".

If by "the law" you mean the forces of law and order, or the authorities. It is a slightly slangy expression, a kind of shorthand or abbreviation, but it's very common and widely used of course..

Many thanks, Mc Tag.

Best wishes.

One would usually say that someone was in trouble with the police, not "the law".

Contrex- Although it is not exactly corrrect formal English, informally, being "in trouble with the law" is often used.

I fought the Law and the law won.

The Law is probably an Americanism.

The lyrics of popular songs are usually made up to fit the tune, and should hardly be taken as authoritative grammar guides, even if they are by Sonny Curtis.

For example, in "Walk Right Back", he wrote,



He really should have written "there are a lot of things..." but that wouldn't fit the tune.

dadpad- You make an interesting point about "the law".

Yoong Liat- One of the things that you need to know is that although Americans, the British, and Australians all speak English, in many cases they way that they use is the language is sometimes not always the same.

http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm

Here are a couple of sites that will give you an idea of some of the differences. In addition, in the U.S. there are many "regionalisms", where people from one part of the US express things in a different way from people from other parts.

It sure isn't.

"they way they use is the language"?

"sometimes not always"?

Yoong Liat knows that already. He also knows about the Canadians, New Zealanders and South Africans.

Thanks, everybody, who responded to my query.

Best wishes