/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Hot Water (In)
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In a state of trouble, or of anxiety. The reference is to the ordeal by hot water (q.v.).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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