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Brewer's: Mouth Waters
That makes my mouth water. “Cela fait venir l'eau à la bouche.” The fragrance of appetising food excites the salivary glands. The phrase means- that makes me long for or desire it.…Brewer's: Fire and Water
I will go through fire and water to serve you. The reference is the ordeals of fire and water which might be transferred to substitutes. Paul seems to refer to substitutional death in Rom…Brewer's: First Water
A diamond of the first water. (See Diamond.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First Gentleman of EuropeFirst-fruits A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: King of Waters
The river Amazon, in South America. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of YvetotKing of Terrors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Brewer's: Lapping Water
When Gideon's army was too numerous, the men were taken to a stream to drink, and 300 of them lapped water with their tongue; all the rest supped it up (Judges. vii. 4-7). All carnivorous…Brewer's: Father of Waters
The Irawaddy, in Burmah, and the Mississippi, in North America. The Nile is so called by Dr. Johnson in his Rasselas. (See Father Thames.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Hot Water
(In.) In a state of trouble, or of anxiety. The reference is to the ordeal by hot water (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hotch-potHot-foot A B C D…Brewer's: Gregorian Water
or Gringorian Water. Holy water; so called because Gregory I. was a most strenuous recommender of it. “In case they should happen to encounter with devils, by virtue of the Gringoriene…Brewer's: Hungary Water
Made of rosemary, sage, and spices; so called because the receipt was given by a hermit to the Queen of Hungary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hunger…America's Troubled Waters
Source: U.S. PIRG, Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance, 2007. Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has made significant strides in cleaning up U.S. waterways. Unfortunately, the…Trending
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