in hot water
Example Sentences
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Were Vrabel the CEO of a publicly traded widget factory, he might be in hot water with his board, no matter how many widgets he sold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Videogame stocks have been in hot water recently.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
This suggests that immersion in hot water may interfere with lice activity or where they lay their eggs.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
The video quickly went viral and landed Martinez, who is among the field of candidates challenging Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson in his bid for reelection, in hot water.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Still, feeling deeply that his filth was an unforgivable imposition, he’d chosen to bathe first, and thus had he discovered, at the age of twenty, the incomparable pleasure of submergence in hot water.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
