hot water

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noun Informal.

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

Origin of hot water

First recorded in 1530–40

Words nearby hot water

hot toddy, hot tub, hot under the collar, hot up, hot war, hot water, hot well, hot yoga, hot zone, hot-air balloon, hot-blooded

Example sentences from the Web for hot water

Exhaust a weighed sample (in powder) with ether, and evaporate by the heat of a hot-water bath.

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
A hot-water tank becomes hot at the top first, then gradually heats downward.

Common Science |Carleton W. Washburne
If I didn't, I suppose I'd have a stove—and maybe a hot-water supply, and modern plumbing.

North of Fifty-Three |Bertrand W. Sinclair
And she stood, holding the Colonel with her eyes, until he began to feel cold again, and to think of his hot-water bag.

The Cromptons |Mary J. Holmes

Carefully, as though everything depended on it, he was tucking a towel round the hot-water can.

The Garden Party |Katherine Mansfield

Idioms and Phrases with 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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hot water

noun Informal.

Origin of hot water

Words nearby hot water

Example sentences from the Web for hot water

Idioms and Phrases with hot water

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

hot water

noun Informal.

Origin of hot water

Words nearby hot water

Words related to hot water

Example sentences from the Web for hot water

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