水和我們的日常生活密切相關(guān)，因此英語中也就有了很多與水有關(guān)的短語。來看看下面這些說法，你會用嗎？

To be in hot water/in deep water：陷入困境

Keep one's head above water：不負(fù)債，免遭滅頂之災(zāi)

Water under the bridge：已成往事
例句：Don't bring it up again. It's water under the bridge.

To hold water：（理論、計劃等）證明合理，說得通
例句：His plan doesn't hold water.

Bring the water to one's mouth(=make one's mouth water)：使某人垂涎

Draw water in/with a sieve(=pour water into a sieve)：竹籃打水一場空

Draw water to one's own mill：處處為自己打算；謀取私利

Fish in troubled/muddy waters：混水摸魚；趁火打劫

Get to/reach smooth water：安然擺脫困境；進(jìn)入順境

Get/wring water from a flint：緣木求魚

He knows the water the best who has waded through it：要知河深淺，須問過來人

In low water：缺錢，經(jīng)濟(jì)拮據(jù)

In rough / troubled water：災(zāi)難深重

In smooth water：處于順境中；日子好過

Like water off a duck's back：不起作用；毫無影響
例句：The stress? It's like water off a duck's back. I'm not afraid of it.

Much water runs by the mill that the miller knows not of：我們眼前所發(fā)生的事情, 有許多是我們不知道的

No safe wading in an unknown water(=Wade not in unknown waters)：不知水深淺, 千萬莫輕涉

Salt water and absence wash away love：遠(yuǎn)航久別恩情疏

Spend like water：揮霍無度

Water and oil: 水火不容
例句：The two are like oil and water. They don't get along.

Still waters run deep (=Smooth waters run deep)：靜水流深；沉默者深謀

Too much water drowned the miller：過猶不及

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry：井干方知水可貴

Written in water：(名聲、成就)轉(zhuǎn)眼即逝的；曇花一現(xiàn)的

Water finds its level：水往低處流