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be in hot water
idiom(alsoget into hot water)
to be in or get into a difficult situation in which you are in danger of being criticized or punished: 陷入困境；惹上麻烦
He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.他发现自己针对移民事务发表的那些言论给自己惹上了麻烦。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experiencing difficulties
be
be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom
be climbing the wallsidiom
be for the high jumpidiom
be/come up against a brick wallidiom
flounder
frying pan
fumble
fun
go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patchidiom
jungle
leg
on a razor edgeidiom
out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
pickle
pressed
prob
rocky
sticky
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