"line drawn on water" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "lines drawn on water",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Prof. Shrikant Prasoon, Indian saints and sages:",
          "text": "The anger of humble and saintly people is a line drawn on water. It never lasts for long.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something transient or ephemeral."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Something transient or ephemeral."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Peter von Bagh, Drifting Shadows: A Guide to the Finnish Cinema, page 39:",
          "text": "The border between madness and mental balance is a line drawn on water.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ill-defined or variable border between concepts or things."
      ],
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          "ill-defined",
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          "variable",
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          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "concept",
          "concept"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) An ill-defined or variable border between concepts or things."
      ],
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        {
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          "word": "line drawn in water"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "line drawn on water"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lines drawn on water",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "line drawn on water (plural lines drawn on water)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Prof. Shrikant Prasoon, Indian saints and sages:",
          "text": "The anger of humble and saintly people is a line drawn on water. It never lasts for long.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something transient or ephemeral."
      ],
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          "ephemeral",
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        "(figurative) Something transient or ephemeral."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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          "text": "The border between madness and mental balance is a line drawn on water.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An ill-defined or variable border between concepts or things."
      ],
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          "concept",
          "concept"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) An ill-defined or variable border between concepts or things."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "line drawn in water"
    }
  ],
  "word": "line drawn on water"
}