top | item 47150973 (no title) manarth | 4 days ago As an idiomatic expression, "Hot water" = "trouble".Are there idiomatic expressions for warm/cold/dirty water, which mean something other than a literal adjective describing the temperature or condition of water? discuss order hn newest jolmg|4 days ago > hot water - n. a difficult or dangerous situationhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20water> warm water - n. an ocean or sea not in the arctic or antarctic regionshttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20water> cold water - n. depreciation of something as being ill-advised, unwarranted, or worthless. e.g. threw cold water on our hopeshttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20waterSeems that what makes sense to be in dictionaries is already there.
jolmg|4 days ago > hot water - n. a difficult or dangerous situationhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20water> warm water - n. an ocean or sea not in the arctic or antarctic regionshttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20water> cold water - n. depreciation of something as being ill-advised, unwarranted, or worthless. e.g. threw cold water on our hopeshttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20waterSeems that what makes sense to be in dictionaries is already there.
jolmg|4 days ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20water
> warm water - n. an ocean or sea not in the arctic or antarctic regions
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20water
> cold water - n. depreciation of something as being ill-advised, unwarranted, or worthless. e.g. threw cold water on our hopes
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20water
Seems that what makes sense to be in dictionaries is already there.