hot water

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

hot water (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) A dangerous situation; trouble.

   Both students are in hot water from fighting.

2. (idiomatic, figuratively) fierce criticism

   The government's new proposal has landed them in hot water.

   • 2018 July 20, Johannes Breit, “We Banned Holocaust Deniers From Our History Subreddit. Here’s Why Facebook Should Do the Same.”, in Slate Magazine‎^[1]:

     Zuckerberg got into hot water on Wednesday when he stated that Facebook wouldn’t necessarily remove Holocaust deniers from its platform because people “get things wrong” and because it’s not always possible to understand the deniers’ intent.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot,‎ water.

Translations

trouble or criticism

• Galician: en augas turbulentas, en augas tormentosas, en problemas, ser posto a caldo
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• Swedish: hett om öronen, vatten över huvudet

hot liquid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湯／汤 (zh), 汤 (zh) (tāng) (literary or regional), 熱水／热水 (zh) (rèshuǐ), 热水 (zh) (rèshuǐ)

• French: eau chaude f
• German: Heißwasser (de) n, Warmwasser (de) n
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• Japanese: 湯 (ja) (ゆ, yu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: varmtvann n

• Russian: горя́чая вода́ f (gorjáčaja vodá)
• Tamil: வெந்நீர் (ta) (vennīr)

References

• “hot water”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.