"milk-and-water" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more milk-and-water [comparative], most milk-and-water [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} milk-and-water (comparative more milk-and-water, superlative most milk-and-water)
  1. Insipid, wishy-washy, weak. Derived forms: milk-and-wateriness, milk-and-watery
    Sense id: en-milk-and-water-en-adj-gpwc-ywq Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 57 32 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 6 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 95 3 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 4 3

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} milk-and-water (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) A light bluish colour. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-milk-and-water-en-noun-4eBKkMND
  2. Something insipid or mawkish. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-milk-and-water-en-noun-~KJbmVVY

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