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in the weeds
· phrase · kitchen
So buried in orders you can't see daylight.
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Definitions
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Restaurant industry shorthand for being hopelessly behind — tickets piling up, sauté pans on fire, brain offline. Said by cooks and servers when the rail has won and they're just trying to survive the next twenty minutes.
“Don't even look at me right now, I'm in the weeds.”
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Office/general usage: deep in the messy detail of something to the point of losing the bigger picture.
“We're in the weeds on the spec — let's pull back and look at the goal.”
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in the weeds In A Sentence
Don't even look at me right now, I'm in the weeds.
We're in the weeds on the spec — let's pull back and look at the goal.
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People Also Ask
What does 'in the weeds' mean?
It means being so buried in orders you can't see daylight — overwhelmed, especially in a busy kitchen or service.
How do you use 'in the weeds' in a sentence?
A server might shout 'I'm in the weeds, can someone run food?'
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