in hot water - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin hot waterin hot waterSERIOUS SITUATIONif someone is in hot water, they are in trouble because they have ... inhotwaterFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishinhotwaterinhotwaterSERIOUSSITUATIONifsomeoneisinhotwater,theyareintroublebecausetheyhavedonesomethingwrong  Thefinanceministerfoundhimselfinhotwateroverhisbusinessinterests.land/getyourselfinhotwater  Shegotherselfinhotwaterwiththeauthorities.→hotExamplesfromtheCorpusinhotwater•Thesunsplashedandfadedonthebathashelayinhotwater.•Itwouldbegoodtorollinhotwaterallover.•Crockeryandeatingutensilsshouldbewashedinhotwateranddetergent.•Washthecontainerinhotsoapywaterandrinsethoroughlyinhotwater.•Airlockshappeninhotwatersystemsforanumberofreasons.•Soakdriedmushroomsinhotwatertocoveruntilsoft,about20minutes.•Ladleintocleanglassjarsthathavebeenrinsedinhotwatertopreventanycrackingfromtheheat.•Illegaltestingcanlandemployersinhotwatertothetuneof$10,000perviolation. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Household Magic Currencies Family Seealltopics Wordoftheday tear adropofsaltyliquidthatcomesoutofyoureyewhenyouarecrying