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dishwater
dish·wa·ter D0270900 (dĭsh′wô′tər, -wŏt′ər)n. Water in which dishes are to be or have been washed.dishwater (ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə) n1. water in which dishes and kitchen utensils are or have been washed2. something resembling this: that was dishwater, not coffee. dish•wa•ter (ˈdɪʃˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər)
n. water in which dishes are, or have been, washed. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dishwater - water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washedH2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent |
Translationsdish (diʃ) noun1. a plate, bowl etc in which food is brought to the table. a large shallow dish. 盤，碟 盘，碟 2. food mixed and prepared for the table. She served us an interesting dish containing chicken and almonds. 一道菜 一道菜ˈdishwasher noun a machine for washing dishes. 洗碗機 洗碗机ˈdish-washing noun the job of washing soiled dishes. 洗盤工作 洗盘工作ˈdishwater noun water used for washing dishes. 洗碟子的水 洗碟子的水dish out to distribute or give to people. He dished out the potatoes. 分配(飯菜) 给予，分发（用餐时分饭菜） dishwater
be as dull as dishwaterTo be very boring or unexciting. This phrase is often used to describe a person. My date with Dave was not great—he is as dull as dishwater. I fell asleep during that movie because it was as dull as dishwater.See also: dishwater, dull(as) dull as dishwaterVery boring or unexciting. This phrase is often used to describe a person. My date with Dave was not great—he is as dull as dishwater. I fell asleep during that movie because it was as dull as dishwater.See also: dishwater, dull*dull as dishwater and *dull as ditch water very uninteresting. (*Also: as ~.) I'm not surprised that he can't find a partner. He's as dull as dishwater. Mr. Black's speech was as dull as dishwater.See also: dishwater, dulldull as dishwaterBoring, tedious, as in That lecture was dull as dishwater. The original simile, dull as ditchwater, dating from the 1700s, alluded to the muddy water in roadside ditches. In the first half of the 1900s, perhaps through mispronunciation, it became dishwater, that is, the dingy, grayish water in which dirty dishes had soaked. See also: dishwater, dulldull as ditchwater or dull as dishwater If someone or something is as dull as ditchwater or as dull as dishwater, they are very boring. He's a dull writer and that's a fact. Dull as ditchwater. `Most of the politicians in Ontario are dull as dishwater,' he said. Note: The expression `dull as ditchwater' is over 200 years old, whereas `dull as dishwater' is a more recent variant. The reference is to the dull dirty colour of the water in ditches or in washing-up bowls. See also: ditchwater, dulldull as dishwater (or ditchwater) extremely dull.See also: dishwater, dull(as) dull as ˈditchwater (British English) (American English (as) dull as ˈdishwater) very boring: Best-seller or not, the book sounds as dull as ditchwater to me.See also: ditchwater, dull(as) dull as dishwater mod. very dull. Life can be as dull as dishwater. See also: dishwater, dulldull as dishwater verbSee as dull as dishwaterSee also: dishwater, dulldull as dishwaterFlat, boring. This expression began life in the eighteenth century as dull as ditchwater, alluding to the muddy color of the water in roadside gullies. “He’d be sharper than a serpent’s tooth, if he wasn’t as dull as ditchwater,” says Dickens’s Fanny Cleaver (Oliver Twist). This version survived on both sides of the Atlantic well into the twentieth century. Either through careless pronunciation or through similar analogy it occasionally became dishwater—water in which dishes had been washed and which consequently was dingy and grayish.See also: dishwater, dullEncyclopediaSeedishMedicalSeeDISHdishwater
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