hot water

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Noun

hot water (uncountable)

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hot,‎ water.
(idiomatic, figuratively) a dangerous situation; trouble
Both students are in hot water from fighting.
(idiomatic, figuratively) fierce criticism
The government's new proposal has landed them in hot water.

Translations

hot liquid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 湯 (zh), 汤 (zh) (tāng) (literary or regional), 熱水 (zh), 热水 (zh) (rèshuǐ)
French: eau chaude f
German: Heißwasser (de) n, Warmwasser (de) n

Japanese: 湯 (ja) (ゆ, yu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: varmtvann n
Russian: горя́чая вода́ f (gorjáčaja vodá)

trouble or criticism

Galician: en augas turbulentas, en augas tormentosas, en problemas, ser posto a caldo

Swedish: hett om öronen, vatten över huvudet

hot water served as a beverage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白茶 (zh) (báichá)

Russian: кипято́к (ru) m (kipjatók)
Spanish: agua perra f

References

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