Hot water
Hot water noun - A dangerous or distressing predicament.
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- upset and hot water
- upset and suffering
- trouble and hot water
- trouble and suffering
- anxiety and hot water
- anxiety and suffering
- trial and hot water
- trial and suffering
- distress and hot water
- distress and suffering
- stress and hot water
- stress and suffering
- bad luck and hot water
- bad luck and suffering
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While Lennie's quirks land them both in hot water and drive long-suffering George up the wall, George cares deeply about Lennie and ends up shooting him dead rather than let him die at the hands of a lynch mob.
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