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
I told him you had had nothing to do with it, but he declared that you had and that you had better look out or you would get into hot water.
From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward
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