Definition of "hot water" []

• Trouble; difficulty: is in political hot water; got into hot water over the car deal. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Mother washed his hands and arms with a soapy washcloth, then splashed hot water into the soap-heavy mug and stirred the brush until foam climbed over the rim."
• "Planning a vacation in southern France, wed come across an advertisement for a chalet with an ocean view and rented itand found, upon arrival, that the chalet was in a trailer park with a scum-covered swimming pool, a broken tennis-court net, and a system for heating hot water that required an engineering degree to understand."
• "“You have hot water and disinfectant, Brother Donald?”"