watery grave — If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned … The small dictionary of idiomes
Watery Grave EP — Infobox Album | Name = Watery Grave Type = EP Artist = Miracle Fortress Released = Winter, 2005 Recorded = Friendship Cove, Montreal, Quebec| Genre = Indie rock Length = 15:31 Label = self released Producer = Graham Van Pelt Reviews = Last album … Wikipedia
(a) watery grave — a watery grave mainly literary phrase a place where someone drowns (=dies under water) The stranger had saved him from a watery grave. Thesaurus: types of deathhyponym deadsynonym … Useful english dictionary
a watery grave — literary : death by drowning She was rescued from a watery grave. • • • Main Entry: ↑watery … Useful english dictionary
a watery grave — mainly literary a place where someone drowns (= dies under water) The stranger had saved him from a watery grave … English dictionary
watery — [wôt′ərē] adj. 1. of or like water 2. containing or full of water; moist 3. thin; diluted [watery tea] 4. tearful; weeping 5. in or consisting of water [a watery grave] 6. weak; insipid … English World dictionary
watery — wa|ter|y [ˈwo:təri US ˈwo: , ˈwa: ] adj 1.) full of water or relating to water ▪ Her eyes were red and watery from crying. ▪ Snakes lay eggs in a watery environment. 2.) very weak or pale ▪ a watery sun ▪ She gave him a watery smile . 3.) watery… … Dictionary of contemporary English
watery — adjective 1 weak and pale in colour: a watery sun 2 full of water: a watery fluid 3 related to water: Watery gurgles came from the tank. 4 watery food or drink contains too much water and does not taste good: watery soup 5 a watery grave literary … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
watery — wa|ter|y [ wɔt(ə)ri ] adjective 1. ) containing or filled with water: watery eyes 2. ) watery food or drink contains a lot of water and has a weak taste: watery coffee 3. ) pale, or not strong: a watery smile/light a watery grave MAINLY LITERARY… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grave — grave1 [greıv] n [: Old English; Origin: grAf] 1.) the place in the ground where a dead body is buried →↑tomb ▪ At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross. 2.) the grave literary death ▪ He took that secret to the grave … Dictionary of contemporary English
