deep blue sea
The open ocean
The deep blue sea is the open ocean, far from shore, where the water appears intensely blue and the depths are vast.
The phrase evokes adventure, danger, or the unknown: He sailed off across the deep blue sea.
In the expression between the devil and the deep blue sea, it represents one of two equally perilous choices.
- fathomlessImmeasurably deep or obscure
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- Mariana TrenchDeepest oceanic chasm
- open seaWaters beyond coastlines
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
ocean · briny · rolling waves · shipwreck tales · lost at sea · mysterious · nautical · sea shanty · ocean floor · vast · leviathan · Davy Jones · secrets · ship · boundless · pelagic · uncharted waters · chasm
deep blue seashallow waters
Low-depth aquatic zones
shallows · shoals · tidal flats · tide pools · shoreline
deep blue seadry land
Earth above water
terra firma · solid ground · desert · mountain peak · highlands
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