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hot water

noun

Informal.
  1. trouble; a predicament.

    His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hot water1

First recorded in 1530–40
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Idioms and Phrases

Trouble or difficulty, as in She's deep in political hot water, or We got in hot water over the car deal, or He's finally paid his tuition and is out of hot water with the school. This metaphoric term alludes to water hot enough to burn one. [First half of 1500s] Also see in trouble with.
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Kayleigh's tried cocktails of different medications, putting her feet in hot water, a flannel at the back of the head, acupuncture, cupping - but they've had little effect.

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Most UK homes use gas boilers for their hot water and heating, but this produces up to 14% of the country's planet warming greenhouse gases.

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A generation later, New York governor Mario Cuomo found himself in similarly hot water over his Catholicism, but from a different direction, when he faced the threat of excommunication for his support for abortion rights.

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It will access the boiling hot water contained in natural underground reservoirs that are heated by the surrounding volcanic rock.

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“If the water is too hot for a green tea or white tea, then you might want to ask for 75% of hot water and maybe 25% of room temperature water,” Ziata explained.

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