in hot water

1. In deep trouble: “When Marjorie flunked algebra, she knew she would be in hot water with her folks.”

Example Sentences

But with many months to go before ballots are cast, Ugarte is already in hot water with the city’s Ethics Commission.

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An Orange County woman is in hot water after embezzling millions from an instant ramen company she worked for, federal prosecutors said.

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Kimmel landed in hot water after his 15 September monologue on conservative firebrand Kirk's death.

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After the Senate vote on cutting off arms supplies, former Secretary of Transportation and rumored 2028 candidate Pete Buttigieg found himself in hot water after giving a notably vague response about the conflict and how he would have voted on the Sanders resolution.

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Coffee and tea drinking trends are changing particularly among younger generations, analysts say, and when combined with higher coffee prices and cost of living pressures in general, chains like Costa are in hot water.

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