光軍語言文化：一起來複習一下關於water一詞的習語
(like) water off a duck's back（批評或警誡某人）像水過鴨背；毫無影響
I've told him that he's heading for trouble, but he doesn't listen - it's just water off a duck's back.
我已經告訴過他他會有麻煩的，可是他不聽——說了也白說，根本毫無作用。
hold water 站得住腳；屬實
Her alibi just didn't hold water.
water under the bridge 已成往事；不可改變的既成事實
We did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now.
我們確實曾經不和，但那已是陳年往事了。
be in deep water 陷入困境；惹上大麻煩
The Democrats are in deep water over their plans for tax increases.
民主黨因其加稅計劃遇到了大麻煩。
make sb's mouth water 使（某人）饞得流口水；使（某人）垂涎欲滴
The smell of that bacon cooking is making my mouth water.
燻肉的香味令我垂涎欲滴。
be dead in the water 沉淪、一蹶不振
So how does a government revive an economy that is dead in the water?
那麼政府怎樣才能使一蹶不振的經濟起死回生呢？
keep your head above water （尤指財務上）勉強應付過去；慘淡經營
The business is in trouble, but we are just about keeping our heads above water.
公司遇到了一些問題，但我們還得勉強應付下去。
take to sth like a duck to water 自然而然地做起…來，天生就會做…
He took to fatherhood like a duck to water.
他天生就是個好父親。
blow sth/sb out of the water（以壓倒性優勢）戰勝…；擊垮…
They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution'scase completely out of the water.
他們出庭時帶來新的證據，他們說這些可以徹底推翻原告的指控。
還有這幾個，估計根據表面意思，你也能猜個八九不離十，試試吧。
go through fire and water 赴湯蹈火
dip a/your toe in (the water) 小心嘗試，探索
be like a fish out of water 如魚離水，在陌生環境不得其所
blood is thicker than water 血濃於水；家人總比外人親
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
牽馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。（指為他人做某事創造條件易，使其做某事難。）
water一詞的短語，一起看過來：
tap water 自來水
grey water 使用過的水
water taxi 出租船
water table 地下水位
mineral water 礦泉水
running water 自來水
ground water 地下水
bottled water 瓶裝水
water content 含水量
Water Margin 《水滸》
waste water 汙水
water supply 供水系統
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