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Definition 2024
in_hot_water
hot water
English
Noun
- Used other than as an idiom: see hot, water.
- (idiomatic, figuratively) a dangerous situation; trouble
- Both students are in hot water from fighting.
- (idiomatic, figuratively) fierce criticism
- The government's new proposal has landed them in hot water.
Translations
trouble or criticism
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