Deep Water
Trouble, metaphorically speaking
Deep water describes water of significant depth, but the phrase appears almost exclusively in figurative use.
To be in deep water is to be in a difficult or dangerous situation, beyond one's depth: The company found itself in deep water after the scandal broke.
Deep waters suggests hidden complexity or treacherous circumstances beneath a calm surface.
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- seafloorOcean's solid base
- ocean floorUnderwater continental surface
- oceanicOf the sea
- pelagicOf the open sea
trench · hydrothermal vent · sea creatures · peril · in over your head · sink or swim · pressure · chasm · bathyscaphe · fathomless · brine · bioluminescence · chemosynthesis · adversity · benthos · vulnerability · introspection · fjord
Deep Watershallow water
Low-depth aquatic area
shallows · paddling pool · tide pool · puddle · dry land
Deep Watersolid ground
Stable surface beneath
smooth sailing · comfort zone · safe harbor · easy street · plain sailing
Deep Watershallow water
Low-depth aquatic area
shoal · sandbar · reef · shallows · coastal waters
deep, water, deeply, depth, deepen, deepened, deepening, deepens, deeper