Expressionsaboutwaterarealmostascommonaswateritself.Butmanyoftheexpressionsusingwaterhaveunpleasantmeanings.
Theexpression“tobeinhotwater”isoneofthem.Itisaveryoldexpression.“Hotwater”wasusedfivehundredyearsagotomeanbeingintrouble.Onestorysaysitgotthatmeaningfromthecustomofthrowingextremelyhotwaterdownonenemiesattackingacastle.
Thatnolongerhappens.Butwestillgetin“hotwater”.Whenwearein“hotwater”weareintrouble.Itcanbeanykindoftrouble---seriousandnotsoserious.Apersonwhobreaksalawcanbeinhotwaterwiththepolice.Ayoungboycanbeinhotwaterwithhismotherifhecomesintothehousewithdirtyshoes.
Beingin“deepwater”isalmostthesameasbeinginhotwater.Whenyouarein“deepwater”youareinadifficultposition.Imagineapersonwhocannotswimbeingthrownintowateroverhishead.
Youareindeepwaterwhenyouarefacingaproblemthatyoudonothavetheabilitytosolve.Youcanbeindeepwaterforexampleifyouinvest(投资)instocks(股票)withoutknowinganythingaboutthestockmarket.
“Tokeepyourheadabovewater”isacolorfulexpressionthatmeansstayingoutofdebt.Acompanyseekstokeepitsheadabovewaterduringeconomichardtimes.Amanwholoseshisjobtriestokeephisheadabovewateruntilhefindsanewjob.
“Wateroverthedam”isanotherexpressionaboutapastevent.Itissomethingthatisfinished.Itcannotbechanged.Theexpressioncomesfromtheideathatwaterwhichhasflowedoveradamcannotbebroughtbackagain.
53.1.Thepassagemainlytellsus_______.
A.theimportanceofwaterinourlife B.someexpressionsaboutwater
C.somesadstoriesaboutwater D.somelessonsaboutdailylife
54.2.Whenafriendistroubledbyamistakeshehasmadeyoumighttellhertoforgetaboutit.Yousay“_______”.
A.Youareinhotwater B.Youareindeepwater
C.Keepyourheadabovewater D.Itiswateroverthedam
55．3.Twoofthephrases“tobeinhotwater”“tobeindeepwater”mentionedinthepassagehavethesamemeaningof“_______”.
A.tobeindebt B.tobeindifficulty
C.tobeuseless
