Creek Phrases

Phrases

• A River Runs Through It (Brad Pitt movie)
• A hewer of wood and a drawer of water
• Black water rafting
• Blood in the water
• Blood is thicker than water
• Blow out of the water
• Both oars in the water
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel album and song)
• Brook no quarter
• Clear blue water
• Clearly Canadian Sparkling Mineral Water in Wild Fruit Flavours (Adelma Mineral Waters advertising slogan)
• Come hell or high water
• Come on in, the water's fine
• Cry me a river
• Dead in the water
• Denial ain't just a river in Egypt! (A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live)
• Dip your toe into the water
• Fish out of water
• Get into deep water
• Get into hot water
• Go through fire and water for
• God willing and the creek don't rise
• He doesn't have both oars in the water
• He's fallen in the water (A catchphrase from The Goon Show)
• Hold water
• In deep water
• In hot water
• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water (line from nursery rhyme)
• Just add water
• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
• Keep your head above water
• Like a duck to water
• Like a fish out of water
• Like water off a duck's back

• Lipton's gets into more hot water than anything (Lipton Tea advertising slogan)
• Made to make your mouth water (Opal Fruits advertising slogan)
• March from Bridge on the River Kwai (Mitch Miller song)
• Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
• My Own Private Idaho (River Phoenix movie)
• Of the first water
• Oil and water don't mix
• Pour cold water on
• Pure life (Nestle Aberfoyle Natural Spring Water advertising slogan)
• Red River (John Wayne / Howard Hawks movie)
• River Deep Mountain High (Ike and Tina Turner song)
• Row up Salt River
• Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep
• Sold down the river
• Spend money like water
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Take me to the river
• Test the water
• The Bridge On The River Kwai (David Lean movie)
• The Coward Of Bitter Creek (Nickname of Jason McCord (Chuck Connors))
• The Hot Water State (Nickname of the US state of Arkansas)
• Throw cold water on
• Tonic water by you know who (Schweppes advertising slogan)
• Up shit creek without a paddle
• Walk on water
• Wash your mouth out with soap and water
• Water down
• Water of life
• Water seeks its own level
• Water under the bridge
• Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink
• White water rafting
• You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
• You cannot step into the same river twice (philosophical comment by Heraclitus)