drown the miller

drown the miller
шутл.
слишком сильно разбавить вино водой [происходит от пословицы too much water drowned the miller; см. too much water drowned the miller]

Old Tom put the pannikin to his lips. ‘Drowned the miller by heavens!’ said he; ‘What could I have been about?’ ejaculated he, adding more spirits to his mixture. (Fr. Marryat, ‘Jacob Faithful’, ch. XII) — Старый Том поднес жестяную кружку к губам. - черт побери, я слишком много налил воды в вино. что это на меня нашло! - сказал он и добавил в кружку вина.

...after we'd drunk another couple of cups, Dave muttered somethin' about drownin' the miller. ‘We want tea, not warm water,’ he growled... (H. Lawson, ‘White the Billy Boils’, ‘She Wouldn't Speak’) — ...после того как мы выпили еще две чашки чаю, Дейв буркнул: "Не чай, а водичка!" А затем прорычал: "Нам нужен настоящий чай, а не эта бурда!"


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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