Be water my friend

0No sorry, not an idiom I am familiar with.02br
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00Where did you hear it? Give us some context and we might be able to work it out for you, but it's certainly not a standard phrase. It might mean 'if water is my friend' but without context that is pretty meaningless too...0-

0Hi guys,02br
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00Penny, are you perhaps thinking of the famous words of martial artist Bruce Lee?02br
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01font00Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water

0Thanks a lot nona and Clive, I think it’s just what I want. 02br
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00I saw this sentence months ago, I have asked many people, but no one knew it. I’m sorry for I had never seen the context before. Thanks again.02br
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00Have a nice day!00 00Penny02br
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It's from Bruce Lee.

"be water my friend" ..such a great sentence..
it is bruce lee's philosophy.

In a few words, this is principally about adaptation.
anywhere or whaterver you do, be water is to know how to react according to the situation

It is a reference to one of Bruce Lee's famous interviews where he explains the concept of water how it can flow or crash, put it into a cup and it becomes the cup or tea pot. What he is explaining is his fighting style Jeet Kune Do in short the mechanics and techniques used to flow like water when defending your opponent and crashing their energy against them. For another reference or explanatio