"deep water" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-deep water.ogg [Australia] Forms: deep waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deep water (countable and uncountable, plural deep waters)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, water. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: deep-water [adjective]
    Sense id: en-deep_water-en-noun-hO89jCEC
  2. Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Water Translations (waters suitable for deep-draft ships): 深水 (shēnshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), diep water [neuter] (Dutch), syvä vesi (Finnish), eau profond [masculine] (French), alto mar [masculine] (Galician), tiefes Wasser [neuter] (German), mély víz (Hungarian), alto mare [masculine] (Italian), глубо́кая вода́ (glubókaja vodá) [feminine] (Russian), djupt vatten [neuter] (Swedish), farled [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deep_water-en-noun-TX4DUo-U Disambiguation of Water: 42 52 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 66 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of 'waters suitable for deep-draft ships': 3 95 2
  3. (idiomatic) A difficult or embarrassing situation. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (difficult or embarrassing situation): 水深火熱 (Chinese Mandarin), 水深火热 (shuǐ shēn huǒ rè) (english: deep water, hot fire) (Chinese Mandarin), in moeilijkheden (Dutch), pula (Finnish), vaikeudet [plural] (Finnish), to be in deep water [verb] (French), profonde détresse [feminine] (French), être dans de beaux draps (French), enfondura [feminine] (Galician), Schwierigkeiten [feminine, plural] (German), tiefe Not [feminine] (German), mély víz (Hungarian), alto mare [masculine] (Italian), 深い苦痛 (fukai kutsū) (alt: ふかいくつう) (Japanese), aperto [masculine] (Portuguese), maus lençóis [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), больша́я беда́ (bolʹšája bedá) [feminine] (Russian), бе́здна а́да (bézdna áda) [feminine] (Russian), profunda angustia [feminine] (Spanish), djupt vatten [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deep_water-en-noun-34YRfjxy Disambiguation of 'difficult or embarrassing situation': 1 1 99

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  "word": "deep water"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.