VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

In Hot Water

Meaning:

In need of help; in trouble

Examples:

  • Insoluble in cold water but dispersible in hot water
  • Insoluble in cold water but dispersible in hot water
  • Soluble in hot water, insoluble in ethanol
  • This the same guy that got the captain in hot water?
  • No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup.
  • Slightly soluble in hot water
  • No more. I don't want to get Potter in hot water.
  • Reheat frozen food in hot water, not the microwave.
  • Dispersible in hot water
  • And we haven't the right to send Abel someone who's in hot water.