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: please add this translation if you can