hot water

Synonyms for hot water

noun trouble

noun. predicament

noun. complicated situation

noun. predicament

c.1400, literal; 1530s in figurative sense of "trouble."

You can get hot water in Ireland as easily as you can in England.

Have hot water in another pot, to weaken the cups of those that like it so.

And Charley, unlucky Charley, had managed to get into hot water with the college school.

There was no scrambling or jostling for the hot water, no ill humour, no quarrelling.

He kicked, kicked, kicked under the broiling sun, in the hot water.

When you take them out, dip them in hot water, and lay them to dry.

Then they put each letter, with the seal downwards, over a glass of hot water, which melted the wax without injuring the paper.

Well, if there's no hot water, we must take lukewarm; it won't do to heave-to.

I asked for a cup of tisane and they brought me an entire pot of hot water.

When set, dip into hot water for a second or two, and turn it on to a glass dish.