In Hot Water
What it means
In trouble with someone who has the standing to make it uncomfortable for you.
Where it comes from
English has boiled its trouble for centuries, and hot water has company. In the soup and in a stew mean the same predicament, reached through the same cooking imagery.
The puzzle it came from
In Hot Water was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 13, 2025. The clue read In ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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fresh
water
bottle
neck
tie
sour
cherry
red
hot
sauce
heavy
weight
class
act
fast
smoked
meat
ball
park
ranger
Phrasicle: In Hot Water