In Hot Water (to be)

Also: Get into hot water

Meaning of Idiom ‘To Be in Hot Water’

To be in hot water is to be in trouble or difficulty. One can be in hot water or about to get into hot water.

Sentence Examples

“Tim can’t play today; he’s in hot water over his math grade.”

“The beloved actress found herself in hot water today when she attempted to shoplift an item from a department store.”

“You better be careful who you talk to about this or you’ll get yourself into hot water.”

Origin

This idiom dates from sometime in the mid-1500’s. (Source] The allusion is to finding oneself in water hot enough to burn.

More Idioms Starting with I

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• It’s All Good
• In One’s Face
• Iron Out
• If I Had My Druthers

More Hot Idioms

• Hot Potato
• Strike While the Iron Is Hot
• Hot Under the Collar

More In Idioms

• In The Pink
• Sleep In
• In the Black
• In the Red
• Go In One Ear and Out the Other

More Water Idioms

• Wash Your Hands of (Someone or Something)
• Fish Out of Water
• Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater, don’t
• Water Under The Bridge
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