like water
Spent without thought
Like water describes something abundant, freely flowing, or used without restraint.
Money spent like water disappears quickly and carelessly.
Drinks flowing like water at a party means unlimited quantities.
The phrase often implies excess or waste—resources consumed as though they cost nothing and would never run out.
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- go with the flowAccept situations without resistance
- path of least resistanceCourse requiring least effort
- fluidSubstance that flows
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
Bruce Lee · transparent · wet · ungraspable · slip through fingers · rolling off · wave · formless · yielding · transient · Tao · find a way · permeable · essential · shapeless · calm · ripple effect · elemental
like watersparingly
In limited amounts
in short supply · scarce · rationed · drop by drop · scarcely
like waterlike pulling teeth
with great difficulty · haltingly · sluggishly · viscously · laboriously
like waterpreciously
In a treasured manner
treasured · invaluably · precious · irreplaceably · priceless
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