Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Trouble; difficulty: is in political hot water; got into hot water over the car deal.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic, figuratively a dangerous situation; trouble.
- n. idiomatic, figuratively fierce criticism
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dangerous or distressing predicament
Examples
“In the morning, when we needed hot water for shaving, Buruma filled the cistern with warm water.”
“Then she was on the swaybacked davenport, holding a cup of hot water that smelled of tea—they could only change the tea leaves once a week, and this was Friday, she thought irrelevantly.”
““You can see it later,” Clarice said, starting the hot water running into the dishpan.”
“Mother washed his hands and arms with a soapy washcloth, then splashed hot water into the soap-heavy mug and stirred the brush until foam climbed over the rim.”
“The Winnebagos and Chippewas give the patient, just before the delivery of the child, a drink from a root steeped in hot water which is supposed to relax the system and make delivery quick and easy.”
“We have seen that the Indians of the Uinta Valley Agency drink a good deal of hot water during labor.”
“Planning a vacation in southern France, wed come across an advertisement for a chalet with an ocean view and rented itand found, upon arrival, that the chalet was in a trailer park with a scum-covered swimming pool, a broken tennis-court net, and a system for heating hot water that required an engineering degree to understand.”
“Legree was just mixing himself a tumbler of punch, pouring his hot water from a cracked and broken-nosed pitcher, grumbling, as he did so,”
“In three wooden tubs, they soaked luxuriantly, washing their hair with scented soap, pouring buckets of hot water over their slippery bodies, watching the suds cascade away as frothily as had the Falls of Ohio.”
““You have hot water and disinfectant, Brother Donald?””
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘hot water’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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ENVI - Collocations HIJKL
habitable climate, habitable space, habitat alteration, habitat destruction, habitat diversity, habitat fragmenta..., habitat of organisms, habitat of the bi..., habitat protection, habitat requirement, habitat selection, habitat structure and 3456 more...
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Situation Normal
inspired by Mistakes Were Made. Words for things going wrong in a manner particularly violent, stupid, soul-crushing, boggling, grandiose, or any combination of these qualities.
fuckup, snafu, fiasco, abortion, miscarriage, implosion, contretemps, imbroglio, brouhaha, melee, kerfuffle, mayhem and 156 more...
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Things that might be radioactive
old green ceramic..., kitty litter, medical equipment, radium girls, orange fiestaware, brazil nuts, smoke detector, suppositories, doramad radioacti..., porcelain dentures, low-sodium salt s..., cloisonné jewelry and 57 more...
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MEC3 Lesson 134
hot water, word has it, station wagon, lemon, graduate school, graduate student, seminar, pedant, brag, acomplishment, observation
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