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of the first water
Idioms and Phrases
Of the finest quality, as in That was a play of the first water . This idiom refers to a grading system for diamonds for their color or luster (compared to the shininess of water). The system is no longer used but the term, used figuratively since the early 1800s, has survived it.Example Sentences
鈥淲hen it comes to 鈥榗oercion,鈥 the coercer of the first water is the United States,鈥 it said.
The small park has not only adapted to recent technologies but paved the way, like with the addition of one of the first water coaster hybrids in the world.
Though Whistledown calls Daphne 鈥渁 diamond of the first water,鈥 it is here that our cynical narrator reminds us that 鈥渢he brighter a lady shines, the faster she may burn.鈥
Song: 鈥淭hank U, Next,鈥 originally by Ariana Grande, cover version by Vitamin String Quartet When it plays: Grande鈥檚 ode to her past relationships is heard in the pilot episode, 鈥淒iamond of the First Water,鈥 as London鈥檚 eligible debutantes arrive for a ball at Danbury House.
On this date in 1915, 70,000 persons witnessed as the battleship USS Arizona was launched at the New York Navy Yard, celebrating with a bottle of the first water to flow over Roosevelt Dam and champagne.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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