用in hot water表达“遇到麻烦，处于水深火热之中”

本文和大家分享的口语表达是：in hot water。这个口语表达可不是在热水中的意思，它是指 to be in or get into trouble，也就是“遇到麻烦，处于水深火热之中”的意思。

• That‘s it. Our company has already been in hot water this year owing to the rise in the cost of raw materials.
  问题就在这，我们的公司今年由于原材料成本上升，已经陷入困境。
• – He is really not himself today. What happened to him?
  – 他今天真的不在状态啊。他怎么了？
  – He‘s in hot water because he can‘t pay his debts.
  – 他遇到麻烦了，因为他还不起债务。

下面我们再来看几个和这个口语表达有关的例句：

• Unfortunately, her innocence will land her in hot water.
  不幸的是，她的天真，会让她处于水深火热之中。
• Her marriage is in hot water and she‘s desperately unhappy.
  她的婚姻陷入困境，她为此非常郁闷。
• He found himself in hot water over his comments about immigration.
  他发现他就外来移民的评论使他陷入了困境。