Business
Business noun - Something to be dealt with.
Usage example: we have one piece of business remaining for today's meeting
Hot water
Hot water noun - A dangerous or distressing predicament.
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- Designed to trick gullible users into downloading spyware and will get the makers in hot water with the Better Business Bureau (I-A-2, second bullet point).
Source: Horrible / Advertising - This lands her in hot water as the "businessman" is really a Yakuza boss planning on expanding his family into Gotham and the statue was so valuable because it was used to smuggle in a data disc charting the family's hierarchy and business contacts.
Source: Robbing the Mob Bank
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