be in hot water
(also get into hot water)Definition
› to be in or get into a difficult situation in which you are in danger of being criticized or punished: He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.Experiencing difficulties
(Definition of be in hot water from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Experiencing difficulties, but you might be interested in these topics from the Easy and difficult topic area:
Browse the Dictionary
-
be in for sth phrasal verb
-
be in full cry idiom
-
be in good company idiom
-
be in good shape idiom
-
be in good, the best possible, etc. taste idiom
- be in hot water idiom
-
be in league with sb idiom
-
be in line for sth idiom
-
be in line to do sth idiom
-
be in line to the throne idiom
-
be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be riding for a fall idiom
- be up against it idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- be/get bogged down phrasal verb
- beleaguered adjective
- difficulty noun
- embattled adjective
- have a thin time (of it) idiom
- have fun and games idiom
- have your back to/against the wall idiom
- in a stew idiom
- it never rains but it pours idiom
- pushed adjective
- rocky road idiom
- stranded adjective
- stuck adjective
- the heat is on idiom
Topic:
Experiencing difficulties
Our dictionaries
Word of the Day
ride (out) the storm
to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
