throw cold water on

1. 浇冷水

Don't allow them to throw cold water on you.

别让他们打击你的士气。

water down

1. 在……中搀水

The whisky has been watered down.

这威士忌被搀水了。

by water

1. 走水路

Let's go by water this time.

我们这次坐船去吧!

fish in troubled waters

1. 混水摸鱼

He was fishing in troubled waters.

他在混水摸鱼。

hold water

1. 合情合理

I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.

真抱歉, 可是你的话不合情理。

in deep water(s)

1. 陷入困境中的

It was easy at first, but we're in deep water now.

起先很容易, 但现在我们陷入了困境。

in low water

1. 拮据

He was in very low water when I saw him last week.

上星期我见到他时他手头正紧。

like water

1. 大量地

The wine flowed like water at their party.

他们在宴会上喝酒如流水。

of the first water

1. 第一流的

She is a scientist of the first water.

她是第一流的科学家。

on the water

1. 在船上

Let's go on the water this afternoon.

今天下午我们去划船吧。

Still waters run deep.

1. 静水流深。