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back water
A very remote, rural area.
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deep water
A difficult or embarrassing situation.
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deep water
Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
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hold water
To withstand scrutiny or criticism; to be valid.
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tonic water
mixer
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water down
To dilute; to add water.
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water down
To make weaker.
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water down
To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult.
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carry someone's water
To do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.
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carry water for
To perform menial tasks for; to serve; to assist.
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hold one's water
To be patient; to control one's impulses.
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hold one's water
To hold one's urine.
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in hot water
In trouble; in the position of arousing somebody's anger or displeasure.
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dead in the water
Nearly dead, doomed.
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hell or high water
Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.
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still water runs deep
A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect
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throw cold water on
To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
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water over the dam
An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.
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water to my mill
What energizes you; what stimulates you.
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water under the bridge
Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.
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blood is thicker than water
Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
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come hell or high water
Regardless of the hardships.
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like water off a duck's back
Without immediate or lasting effects.
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blow someone out of the water
To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.
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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
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fish out
To deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.
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adams ale
water
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dry out
To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.
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ice over
To become covered in ice, usually of a body of water.
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pan out
By swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
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bail out
To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
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april showers bring may flowers
April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains.By extension, that a period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of happiness.
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ark ruffian
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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corporation pop
Water.
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debris field
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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deep end
The part of a swimming pool with relatively deep water.
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dishpan hands
Hands which are rough, reddish, and dry, as from irritation and chafing caused by immersion in hot water mixed with detergent.
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draw a bath
To fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.
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fire hose
A hose used to deliver water in case of fire.
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grate
A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
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in the wake of
In the noticeable disturbance of water behind .
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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vase
The drop of water that makes the vase overflow.
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paper
A sheet material used for writing on or printing on , usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
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run a bath
To fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.
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shroud
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
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sleep with the fishes
To be killed and have one's body disposed off in the sea or other body of water.
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victory at sea
Ocean conditions very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other water sports.
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wash away
To eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.
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wash out
To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
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wash over
Of open water. To surge over the banks, or other retaining structure.
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