milk-and-water
milk-and-water
old-fashioned Weak, insipid, and/or lacking strength or determination. They accused him of having only milk-and-water policies that wouldn't upset either party. The studio refused to let me make anything but a milk-and-water version of the documentary.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
milk and water
feeble, insipid, or mawkish.See also: and, milk, water
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- milk and water
- fashion
- (draw the sword and) throw away the scabbard
- an old fogey/fogy
- a stuffed shirt
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- a bit of crackling
- I'll be bound
- a bad quarter of an hour