water to wine
Liquid becomes intoxicating
Water to wine refers to miraculous or seemingly impossible transformation, from the biblical account of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding feast.
The phrase describes dramatic improvement or conversion of something ordinary into something valuable: The new manager turned the failing department's performance from water to wine.
Often appears as turn water into wine.
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- Son of GodChrist's divine designation
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- wedding feastCelebratory meal after matrimony
transformation · biblical · New Testament · turning point · feast · jars · disciples · Gospel · sign · divine · abundance · celebration · stone · vessels · servants · banquet · first · John
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- GospelsJesus, gospels, Jesus Christ, apostles, Gospel of Mark
- Jesus' MinistryJesus, disciples, apostles, Peter, John
- sacred storiescreation myth, creation story, Noah's Ark, flood myth, flood story
- JohannineGospel of John, bread of life, good shepherd, light of the world, Lamb of God
water to wineriches to rags
Dramatic financial decline
degradation · devolution · deterioration · downgrade · debasement
water to winefermentation
Microbial sugar conversion
natural process · winemaking · brewing · scientific method · chemical reaction
water to winerunning dry
Becoming exhausted of supply
famine · drought · deprivation · scarcity · want
water, wine, waters, watery, wateriness, watered, watering, wines, wined