deep water

See also: Deep Water, deepwater, Deepwater, and deep-water

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Noun

deep water (countable and uncountable, plural deep waters)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep,‎ water.
2. Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
   • 1940, Federal Writers' Project, Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, page 71:

     But deep water was not secured until 1926, when Corpus Christi dug itself out 21 miles to the sea.

3. (idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation.

   You will be in deep water if you are found copying work from other students.

Related terms

• deep-water (adjective)

Translations

waters suitable for deep-draft ships

Chinese: Mandarin: 深水 (zh) (shēnshuǐ) Dutch: diep water n Finnish: syvä vesi French: eau profond m Galician: alto mar m German: tiefes Wasser n Hungarian: mély víz Italian: alto mare m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: глубо́кая вода́ f (glubókaja vodá) Swedish: djupt (sv) vatten (sv) n, farled (sv) c

difficult or embarrassing situation

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 水深火熱 / 水深火热 (zh) (shuǐ shēn huǒ rè) ("deep water, hot fire") Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: in moeilijkheden Finnish: pula (fi), vaikeudet (fi) pl French: profonde détresse f, être dans de beaux draps (fr) (verb: to be in deep water) Galician: enfondura f German: Schwierigkeiten (de) f pl, tiefe Not f Hungarian: mély víz Italian: alto mare m Japanese: 深い苦痛 (ふかいくつう, fukai kutsū) Portuguese: aperto (pt) m, maus lençóis m pl Russian: больша́я беда́ f (bolʹšája bedá), бе́здна а́да f (bézdna áda) Spanish: profunda angustia f Swedish: djupt (sv) vatten (sv) n Vietnamese: nước sôi lửa bỏng