get into hot water
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Because not everything a minister declares as a possible interest makes the published list, they can get into hot water if something that hasn't been made public then makes it in to the newspapers.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023
But if that presentation has private company information in it, you could get into hot water.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022
But he’s still managed to get into hot water.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019
"Cap" Krug began to get into hot water.
From Time Magazine Archive
"She'd better not, I can tell her, if she doesn't wish to get into hot water."
From Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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