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It means that you're in trouble, or that you're going to be in trouble.
The image is of a person who has fallen into a hot pot of water and is going to get scalded.
I have read that the expression derives from times when hot water for bathing was in short supply and one using it out of turn would get in trouble.
However, the expression immediately suggests to me the Cartoons and jokes I used to see in which missionaries or explorers were placed in a big soup pot by cannibals who captured them.
Cannibal Boy: I've brought a friend home for dinner. Cannibal Mom: Put him in the fridge and we'll have him tomorrow.
What happens if you upset a cannibal? You get into hot water.
you are in trouble so dont push it
Someone being "in hot water" means they are "in trouble".
I believe it means they are in trouble. Example: A student didn't do their homework and they might say ..."Geezz I forgot to do my homework. Boy am I in hot water now!
It means that through your own actions you have made a problem or difficulty for yourself. That you have got yourself into trouble.
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