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…
關于水的表達幾乎和水本身一樣常見。但很多包含水的表達都有不愉快的含義 。 "to be in hot water"（遇到麻煩；陷入困境）就是其中之一。早在500年前 ，"Hot water"就用于表示遇到麻煩。有一種說法稱，這種表達起源于這樣一 個傳統(tǒng)：當敵人襲擊一座城堡時，城堡中的人就會將滾燙的開水潑向敵人。 那種情況已不再發(fā)生。但…