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idiomwaters► test the water/watersfish in troubled watersif a country fishes in troubled waters, it tries to get an advantage from political problems that other countries are having:For too long, the West has refrained from intervening decisively in the region's border disputes, hoping instead to fish in troubled waters.The Prime Minister denied that his government was attempting to fish in troubled waters.muddy the watersto make a situation confusing and hard to understand, especially if it was originally not confusing:Most of us are bewildered by computer jargon, and there is also a huge choice of monitors to muddy the waters when you are buying a new machine.I think you are slightly muddying the waters with that question - we are talking about young first-time house buyers, not people buying a second home.still waters run deepused in order to say that someone who you think is very boring or calm may surprise you with hidden emotions and qualities:I must say still waters run deep. I have never pretended to understand him.When asked why Swiss women came top of our sex poll, one listener replied "it's a case of still waters running deep."
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See:- a fish out of water
- a mill cannot grind with water that is past
- a tall drink of water
- above water
- as a duck takes to water
- back water
- be (like) water off a duck's back
- be as/like oil and water
- be blown out of the water
- be dead in the water
- be in deep water
- be in hot water
- be like a fish out of water
- be like oil and water
- be water off a duck's back
- be water under the bridge
- beauty is only skin deep
- between wind and water
- big drink of water
- blood in the water
- Blood is thicker than water
- blow (someone or something) out of the water
- blow out
- blow out of the water
- blow somebody/something out of the water
- blow someone out of the water
- body of water
- bread and water
- bubble water
- by hell or high water
- by water
- can talk under water
- carry (someone's) water
- carry fire in one hand and water in the other
- carry water
- carry water for (someone)
- cast (one's) bread upon the waters
- Cast bread upon the waters
- cast one's bread upon the waters, to
- cast your bread upon the waters
- clear blue water
- cold water, to pour/throw
- come hell or high water
- come on in
- come on in, the water's fine
- Come on in, the water's fine!
- could talk under water
- couldn't pour water out of a boot
- cut (one's) water off
- cut water off
- dead in the water
- deep water
- dip (one's) toe in the water
- dip a toe in the water
- don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
- dull as dishwater
- firewater
- first magnitude/order/water, of the
- fish in troubled waters
- fish out of water
- fish out of water, a
- foo-foo water
- get (one's) head above water
- get head above water and have head above water
- get in(to) deep water
- get in(to) hot water
- get into hot water, to
- giggle water
- go through fire and water
- go through hell and high water
- have (one's) head above water
- have both oars in the water
- have just one oar in the water
- head above water, keep one's
- hell and high water
- hell or high water
- hell or high water, come
- hewers of wood and drawers of water
- high-water mark
- hold (one's) water
- hold water
- hold water, to
- hot water
- in deep
- in deep water
- in deep water(s)
- in hot water
- in low water
- in smooth water
- in smooth water(s)
- jerkwater
- jerkwater town
- joy water
- keep (one's) head above water
- keep both oars in the water
- keep head above water
- keep one's head
- keep one's head above water, to
- keep your head above water
- laughing soup
- laughing water
- like a duck to water
- like a fish out of water
- like water
- like water off a duck's back
- long drink of water
- make (one's) mouth water
- make a hole in the water
- make mouth water
- make one's mouth water
- make one's mouth water, to
- make somebody's mouth water
- make someone's mouth water
- make water
- make your mouth water
- milk and water
- milk-and-water
- mill cannot grind with water that is past
- mouth-watering
- muddy the water
- muddy the water(s)
- muddy the waters
- muddy the waters, to
- murky waters
- murky/uncharted waters
- navigable waters
- not hold water
- of the first water
- oil and water
- pass water
- pay the water bill
- plow water
- plowing water
- pour cold water on
- pour cold water on (something)
- pour cold water on something
- pour oil on troubled water
- pour oil on troubled water(s)
- pour oil on troubled waters
- pour oil on troubled waters, to
- pour/throw cold water on something
- spend money like water
- spout from (something)
- spout out
- still waters run deep
- swish around
- take in water
- take to
- take to (something) like a duck to water
- take to it like a duck to water, to
- take to something like a duck to water
- test the water
- test the water (waters), to
- test the water(s)
- test the water/waters
- through hell and high water
- throw cold water on
- throw cold water on (something)
- throw out the baby with the bath water
- throw out the baby with the bathwater
- throw the baby out with the bath water
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- toilet water
- tread water
- troubled waters
- turn someone’s water off
- turn water off
- uncharted waters
- under water
- untested waters
- walk on water
- walk on water, to
- water down
- water feature
- water one’s cheeks
- water over the dam
- water power
- water to (one's) mill
- water under the bridge
- watered-down
- watering hole
- with both oars in the water
- wonder water
- won't hold water
- woofle-water
- wozzle-water
- write on water
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
- you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
- you can take/lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
- You never miss the water till the well runs dry
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