water down | Idiomator

Meaning: Todilutewithwater; to addwaterto.You need towater downthelemonadea bit more to make it less sweet, dear.; (idiomatic)To makeweaker, lesseffective.2023February 8, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Hunt dismisses rumours that HS2 will not go to Euston”, inRAIL, number976, page25:"Scaling back its ambition further, at this stage, will just mean the economic and social benefit of HS2 for communities across the UK is furtherwatered down. Our national infrastructure should not become a political football."2023August 26, Phoebe Weston, “Weed-choked pavements anger residents as ‘rewilding’ divides UK towns and cities”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:For example, Tory ministers are looking towater downkey climate policies such as the ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030, phasing out gas boilers by 2035, and low traffic neighbourhoods.2023November 17, Oliver Haynes, “Five years on, the world is failing to learn the gilets jaunes’ lesson about class and climate”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:In Germany, a law that would have mandated citizens to install costly clean-energy heating systems from January 2024 nearly toppled the German governing coalition, with the Greens’ approval rating plummeting. It was thenwatered downto allow a longer phase-in time.; (idiomatic)Tosimplifyoroversimplify; to makeeasier; to make lessdifficult.Near-synonym:dumb downIf you plan to teach this material to children, you may need towater it down.; (idiomatic)To make lessrestrictive; to make morelenient.

Examples:

EN: The spring water down by the knuckle, they put their poisonous faces in it.
ES: Pusieron sus caras venenosas en eI manantial de KnuckIe.
EN: You'll find plenty of water down here, sire.
ES: Encontrará mucha agua aquí abajo, señor.
ES: Encontrará mucha agua aquí abajo, señor.
EN: Put that water down.
ES: Deja el agua.
EN: Say, I'm getting into kind of deep water down here.
ES: Me estoy metiendo en aguas profundas.
EN: He was beginning to water down his red wine.
ES: Comenzó a poner un poco de agua, o leche, en su vino tinto.
EN: A lot of water down there, eh, boy?
ES: Un montón de agua ahí abajo, ¿eh, chico?
EN: How deep is the water down there?
ES: ¿Es muy profunda el agua ahí?
EN: Keep him well covered up and get all the water down him you can.
ES: Que esté siempre bien tapado, y hágale beber mucha agua.
EN: Duckbill, you get the water down on Little River, they got plenty.
ES: Puedes sacar el agua del río, a ellos les sobra.
EN: Well, all the pumps in Belfast would never keep that water down.
ES: Todas las bombas de Belfast no podrían achicar tanta agua.
ES: Todas las bombas de Belfast no podrían achicar tanta agua.
EN: - I might get bored with this subject and push you off into that black water down there.
ES: - Podría aburrirme con este tema, y empujarte al agua negra de ahí abajo.
EN: It's my job to make sure you don't water down the sake.
ES: Es mi trabajo asegurarme de que no agüe el sake.
EN: Supply of fresh water down here.
ES: Aquí hay una fuente de agua fresca.
EN: Sorry, lots of water down there.
ES: Hay mucha agua aquí.
EN: You mustn't drink the water down here.
ES: No puedes beber agua de aquí.

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