Hot-water
noun, Informal.
1.
trouble; a predicament:
His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
n.
c.1400, literal; 1530s in figurative sense of “trouble.”
noun phrase
Difficulty; trouble; embarrassment: got herself into hot water by marrying a Siamese prince (1875+)
Related Terms
in hot water
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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