| 释义 |
deep water
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | deep water - serious troubletrouble, problem - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" |
deep waternounA difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition:box, corner, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, hot water, jam, plight, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble.Informal: bind, pickle, spot.deep water
deep waterAn overwhelming situation in which one has taken on more responsibility than one can handle or is facing more trouble or danger than expected. I've been in deep water ever since I volunteered to lead this committee—it has been so much more work than I anticipated. I thought I could make some easy cash by selling drugs, but now I'm in deep water with some big-time thugs.See also: deep, waterdeep water
deep water[′dēp ′wȯd·ər] (oceanography) An ocean area where depth of the water layer is greater than one-half the wave length. AcronymsSeedry welldeep water
Synonyms for deep waternoun a difficult, often embarrassing situation or conditionSynonyms- box
- corner
- difficulty
- dilemma
- Dutch
- fix
- hole
- hot spot
- hot water
- jam
- plight
- predicament
- quagmire
- scrape
- soup
- trouble
- bind
- pickle
- spot
Words related to deep waternoun serious troubleRelated Words |