comfort vs hot water

comfort

noun
  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. 

  • A cause of relief or satisfaction. 

  • Something that offers comfort. 

  • Contentment, ease. 

verb
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. 

  • To make comfortable. 

hot water

noun
  • A dangerous situation; trouble. 

  • fierce criticism 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, water. 

How often have the words comfort and hot water occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )