English Dictionary

drown the miller

動詞

慣用表現 廃用 俗語

(obsolete, idiomatic, slang) To put too much water in something; overdilute.

日本語の意味

何かに水を過剰に加えて、希釈しすぎること / 物質を過度に薄めること / 水での扇薄、割りすぎる状態

If you drown the miller when preparing the stew, you'll end up with a watery mess.

シチューを作るときに水を入れすぎると、べちゃべちゃになってしまいます。

意味（1）

(obsolete, idiomatic, slang) To put too much water in something; overdilute.

[…] I tell my Bowl Friends, that our ministers have spoilt the punch. Sometimes they give us too much spirit, as when they display a vigour beyond the law; and sometimes, as we say, they drown the Miller, and make sad insipid stuff of it; again they sting our throats with acid; but it is not once in a century that we have cause to complain of an excess of sugar.

drowns the miller （ present singular third-person ）

drowning the miller （ participle present ）

drowned the miller （ participle past ）

drowned the miller （ past ）