weak as water

weak as water
((as) weak as water)
1) слабенький, хилый; ≈ силёнок маловато [этим. библ. Ezekiel VII, 17]

Sir, I am only just getting well of a fever, and I am as weak as water. (Ch. Reade, ‘It Is Never Too Late to Mend’, ch. XI) — Сэр, я поправляюсь от только что перенесенной лихорадки и так слаб, что еле держусь на ногах.

There's no use your fighting with me, Herb. You're as weak as water. (Th. Wilder, ‘Heaven's My Destination’, ch. VI) — Вам нет смысла драться со мной, Херб. Жидковаты вы для этого.

2) слабовольный, безвольный, слабохарактерный; малодушный

You love Eva, and Eva loves you, Ernest; but remember this, she is weak as water... (H. R. Haggard, ‘The Witch's Head’, ch. XIV) — Вы любите Еву, Ева любит вас, Эрнест; но помните, что она очень слабохарактерна...

Sibyl (furiously): "...You're very fond of swearing and blustering and threatening, but when it comes to the point You're as weak as water." (N. Coward, ‘Private Lives’, act III) — Сибил (в ярости): "...ты очень любишь бахвалиться, сквернословить и угрожать, а в решительную минуту прячешься в кусты."


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

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