| ▲ | manarth 2 hours 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? | ||
| ▲ | jolmg 28 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
> hot water - n. a difficult or dangerous situation 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. | ||