"weak as water" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1896, Margaret Oliphant, The Library Window",
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          "ref": "1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page viii. 98",
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        "Very weak."
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        "(simile) Very weak."
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        "Very weak."
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        "(simile) Very weak."
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