unstable as water

unstable as water
((as) unstable as water)
очень неустойчивый, непостоянный [этим. библ. Genesis XLIX, 4]

She was an artist, and as formless and unstable as water. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. XXIV) — Стефани была прирожденной актрисой, существом не более постоянным, чем бегущие по небу облака.


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

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