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HOT WATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dangerous or distressing predicament
Example:
his views on race got him into political hot water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hot water" is a kind of...):
plight; predicament; quandary (a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one)
Context examples:
To prevent community-associated MRSA: • Practice good hygiene • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed • Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages • Avoid sharing personal items, such as towels, washcloths, razors, or clothes • Wash soiled sheets, towels, and clothes in hot water with bleach and dry in a hot dryer
(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
The sun had dried stray shreds of moss, and he was able to warm himself with hot water.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He soon returned, greatly improved in appearance; but so rubicund, that I couldn't help thinking his face had this in common with the lobsters, crabs, and crawfish,—that it went into the hot water very black, and came out very red.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was because it refused to die that he still ate muskeg berries and minnows, drank his hot water, and kept a wary eye on the sick wolf.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
After he had drunk a quart of hot water the man found he was able to stand, and even to walk as well as a dying man might be supposed to walk.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He would have some hot water before he began what he foresaw was to be a terrible journey to the ship.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He built a fire and warmed himself by drinking quarts of hot water, and made camp on a rocky ledge in the same fashion he had the night before.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
