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Lakeat Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
How to say this in English "something too water"?
Hi,
There is a saying in Chinese, something like "This is too water, blahblah". Which means,
originally, some dealers when they sale milk, they add water into it, so to make more profit, or when they sale organic silk milk, they add water into it so to make more money. And when people taste it, they excaim, "this is too water...",
water is a noun, but it is now becoming an adjective.
After that, the whole Chinese people will describe something that is very low quality, or even bad quality, mostly with human's unfaithful in it, something like this.
For example, I will say when I read a very bad academic paper, I will say, this is too water. or
When I watch a bad football team, I found they are so bad, I will say, they are too water...
Thanks
Daniel Wei
There is a saying in Chinese, something like "This is too water, blahblah". Which means,
originally, some dealers when they sale milk, they add water into it, so to make more profit, or when they sale organic silk milk, they add water into it so to make more money. And when people taste it, they excaim, "this is too water...",
water is a noun, but it is now becoming an adjective.
After that, the whole Chinese people will describe something that is very low quality, or even bad quality, mostly with human's unfaithful in it, something like this.
For example, I will say when I read a very bad academic paper, I will say, this is too water. or
When I watch a bad football team, I found they are so bad, I will say, they are too water...
Thanks
Daniel Wei
Top answer
In English, say The milk is watered down. This is watered-down milk. This milk has been diluted with water.
- In English, say The milk is watered down.
- This is watered-down milk.
- This milk has been diluted with water.
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In English, say
The milk is watered down.
This is watered-down milk.
This milk has been diluted with water.
The milk is watered down.
This is watered-down milk.
This milk has been diluted with water.
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We don't extend such an idiom to academic papers or football teams in English, but we can say that the milk is 'too diluted'.
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For academic papers, you can say;
The milk had been diluted with 10% water.
The milk is adulterated. It has 10% more water content than an average whole milk sample.
Oh, and when you taste it -
This is watery soup (milk). This soup (milk) tastes too watery.
Or when you suspect the report has been adulterated:
The results of the study were watere
The milk had been diluted with 10% water.
The milk is adulterated. It has 10% more water content than an average whole milk sample.
Oh, and when you taste it -
This is watery soup (milk). This soup (milk) tastes too watery.
Or when you suspect the report has been adulterated:
The results of the study were watere
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Thanks, you are so helpful. LOL
By saying academic, I didn't say that is related to milk study, I just meant general academic paper.
I love vivid expressions. It makes sense in many situations and has a better effect than the official words.
It becomes an very interesting thing, when someone is learning english, he will desire more and more to know more vivid expression
By saying academic, I didn't say that is related to milk study, I just meant general academic paper.
I love vivid expressions. It makes sense in many situations and has a better effect than the official words.
It becomes an very interesting thing, when someone is learning english, he will desire more and more to know more vivid expression
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