词组 | deep |
释义 | deep1 give money or other resources generously. 2 make a great effort to do something. ☞ The idea here is of thrusting your hands deep into your pockets to find money with which to pay for something.
☞ This expression refers to the deep end of a swimming pool, where the diving board is located. In the USA the phrase has also developed the meaning 'go mad', but in either sense the underlying idea is of a sudden explosive loss of self-control. ☞ In deep water is a biblical metaphor; see, for example, Psalm 69:14: 'let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters'. |
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