"hot water" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-hot water.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hot water (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, figuratively) A dangerous situation; trouble. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (dangerous situation, trouble): ἀνία (anía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), problema [masculine] (Catalan), liri (Finnish), peine [feminine] (French), en augas turbulentas (Galician), en augas tormentosas (Galician), en problemas (Galician), ser posto a caldo (Galician), guaio [masculine] (Italian), difficultas [feminine] (Latin), problema (note: can be used in the plural) [masculine] (Portuguese), problema (note: can be used in the plural) [masculine] (Spanish), hett om öronen (Swedish), vatten över huvudet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hot_water-en-noun--eD5qRUI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 11 21 Disambiguation of 'dangerous situation, trouble': 99 0 1
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively) fierce criticism Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (fierce criticism): kuraa niskaan (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hot_water-en-noun-U98fNvFX Disambiguation of 'fierce criticism': 1 99 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, water. Tags: uncountable Translations (hot water): (Chinese Mandarin), (tāng) (english: literary or regional) (Chinese Mandarin), 熱水 (Chinese Mandarin), 热水 (rèshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kuuma vesi (Finnish), lämmin vesi (note: as utility) (Finnish), eau chaude [feminine] (French), Heißwasser [neuter] (German), Warmwasser [neuter] (German), (yu) (alt: ) (Japanese), varmtvann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), горя́чая вода́ (gorjáčaja vodá) [feminine] (Russian), varmvatten [neuter] (Swedish), வெந்நீர் (vennīr) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-hot_water-en-noun-NXJwVyXE Disambiguation of 'hot water': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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