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hot water

–noun Informal.
trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.

Origin:
1530–40
hot water  
n.   Trouble; difficulty: is in political hot water; got into hot water over the car deal.
hot water

noun
a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water" 

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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