Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings. The expression "to be in hot water" is one of them. It is a very old expression. "Hot water" was used five-hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it go…
关于水的表达几乎和水本身一样常见。但很多包含水的表达都有不愉快的含义 。 "to be in hot water"（遇到麻烦；陷入困境）就是其中之一。早在500年前 ，"Hot water"就用于表示遇到麻烦。有一种说法称，这种表达起源于这样一 个传统：当敌人袭击一座城堡时，城堡中的人就会将滚烫的开水泼向敌人。 那种情况已不再发生。但…