water down
to make weaker, to lessen the strength
TRANSLATION
abmildern, abschwächen, verdünnen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
EU tax proposals WATERED DOWN. The City has been spared the potential fall-out from a Eurobond tax. The European Commission has decided that London's Eurobond market - worth trillions of dollars - will be exempt from plans for a Europe-wide withholding tax on savings.
(BBC News - 8 December, 1999)
(BBC News - 8 December, 1999)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
water down
is a logical idiom to remember.
Note also these other watery English phrases:
in deep water = in der Klemme
to get into hot water = in Teufels Küche kommen
water under the bridge = Schnee von gestern
come hell or high water = komme, was da wolle
like a duck takes to water = mit der größten Selbstverständlichkeit
to pour oil on troubled water = die Wogen glätten
to spend money like water = mit dem Geld nur so um sich werfen
water down
is a logical idiom to remember.
Note also these other watery English phrases:
in deep water = in der Klemme
to get into hot water = in Teufels Küche kommen
water under the bridge = Schnee von gestern
come hell or high water = komme, was da wolle
like a duck takes to water = mit der größten Selbstverständlichkeit
to pour oil on troubled water = die Wogen glätten
to spend money like water = mit dem Geld nur so um sich werfen
