idiom
still waters run deep
STIL WAW-terz RUN DEEP
stɪl ˈwɔːtərz rʌn diːpListen
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Syllable breakdown
stillwatersrundeep
Dictionary meaning
a quiet or calm exterior often conceals great depth of feeling, intelligence, or complexity; applied to water management, calm aquifer systems may harbour vast hidden reserves whose depletion is not immediately visible on the surface
Examples
- The village well looked fine but still waters run deep — the aquifer had been dropping a metre per year for a decade.
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