get into deep water

get into deep water
(get into deep water(s))
попасть в тяжёлое, затруднительное или опасное положение

He was getting into deep waters. He was taking chances, privately, which might get him into trouble some day - in fact did. (M. Twain, ‘Pudd'nhead Wilson’, ch. V) — Занимаясь темными делами, он запутывался все больше; ничем хорошим это кончиться не могло - и не кончилось.

Before he died, it seems, her Paul got into deep water with his speculations. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 13) — Говорят, незадолго до смерти ее Поль окончательно прогорел со своими спекуляциями.

...I had a premonition that I was getting into deep waters. (A. Christie, ‘The Man in the Brown Suit’, ch. VIII) — ...я предчувствовал, что попаду в трудное положение.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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