Lake Phrases

Phrases

• A hewer of wood and a drawer of water
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Black water rafting
• Blood in the water
• Blood is thicker than water
• Blow out of the water
• Both oars in the water
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel album and song)
• Clear blue water
• Clearly Canadian Sparkling Mineral Water in Wild Fruit Flavours (Adelma Mineral Waters advertising slogan)
• Come hell or high water
• Come on in, the water's fine
• Dead in the water
• Dip your toe into the water
• Ducks on a pond (A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position)
• Fish out of water
• Get into deep water
• Get into hot water
• Go and jump in a lake
• Go through fire and water for
• He doesn't have both oars in the water
• He's fallen in the water (A catchphrase from The Goon Show)
• Hold water
• In deep water
• In hot water
• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water (line from nursery rhyme)
• Just add water
• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
• Keep your head above water
• Like a duck to water
• Like a fish out of water
• Like water off a duck's back
• Lipton's gets into more hot water than anything (Lipton Tea advertising slogan)
• Little fish in a big pond (someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers)
• Made to make your mouth water (Opal Fruits advertising slogan)
• Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
• Of the first water
• Oil and water don't mix
• Pocket pool
• Pond life
• Pond scum
• Pour cold water on
• Pure life (Nestle Aberfoyle Natural Spring Water advertising slogan)
• Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep
• Spend money like water
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Test the water
• The Big Pond (nickname of the Atlantic Ocean between the UK and the USA)
• The Great Lake State (Nickname of the US state of Michigan)
• The Hot Water State (Nickname of the US state of Arkansas)
• The Mistake On The Lake (Nickname of Cleveland Ohio)
• Throw cold water on
• Tonic water by you know who (Schweppes advertising slogan)
• Walk on water
• Wash your mouth out with soap and water
• Water down
• Water of life
• Water seeks its own level
• Water under the bridge
• Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink
• What becomes a legend most? (Blackglama Great Lakes Mink advertising slogan)
• White water rafting
• You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink