be in for it

[Ivo]

Would you tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

“Miss Dombey” said Mr. Toots, who feels that he in for it now, |I really am in that state of adoration of you that I don’t know what to do with myself” (Ch. Dickens, “Dombey and Son”)

be in for it = prove to be in a difficult position, get into trouble, buckle up

Thanks for your efforts

[Mister Micawber]

Not 'buckle up' in my English. But anyway, from the text you've supplied, it seems to be another meaning: he seems to be in love.
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[Ivo]

Hi MM,

Thank you for your efforts to bent my interpretation of the idiom "be in for it". I know to my cost that it will be result in failure.

Here are a few words concerning the matter in question. I believe they may give an additional assistance to clearing my rejected interpretation.

in , prep. The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly

With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

in for it. Certain to encounter trouble or punishment, as in

When Harry finds out we left early, we'll be in for it.

{To be in for it}. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.]

http://www.answers.com/be+in+for+it?afid=TBarLookup&nafid=27

Fancy having to ride ten miles on a motor bike on a filthy day like this. I know I’d be in for it as soon as I heard there was a special order to be delivered. (SPI)

(I know what the future holds for me, I have a heavy journey ahead of me, but that’s my job…)

You are a lucky man if you don't know the correlation between "falling in love" and "falling into trouble".