Water : nf Colorless, odorless, transparent and tasteless liquid when pure.
Warm or hot water: He did not invent warm (or hot) water: he is not intelligent.
Throw the baby out with the bathwater. : reject something altogether, without taking into account possible positive aspects.
There is water in the gas: the atmosphere is in dispute.
To live on love and fresh water: to live without worrying about material necessities.
Count on it and drink some water: you can always wait.
A stroke of the sword in the water: a trial for nothing.
Finding yourself with your beak in the water: finding yourself with nothing.
There will flow (pass) water (lots of water) under the bridges: a long time will pass.
The jug goes so far in the water that in the end it breaks: in exposing oneself to danger, one ends up suffering it. if you exaggerate too much, you end up getting bored.
To bring water to sb's mill, to provide him with resources; unwittingly give him arguments in a debate.
Holy cellar water: wine (bistro slang).
Eau d'aff, chaune: good brandy.
Eau d'aff tartar: bad brandy.
Blood sausage water: illusory thing.
To turn into water sausage: is said of a promise which one does not hold, of a heritage which escapes, of a project yes aborts.
Soap water: formerly, absinthe. Allusion to water troubled by dissolution which resembles soap water, especially white absinthe.
Being in swill: occupying a high position in an administration.