watery grave | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Death(orlossof aninanimateobject) viadrowning(sinking) in abody of water; or the underwaterresting placeof such a person or object.1960,P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, inJeeves in the Offing, London:Herbert Jenkins,→OCLC:“Apparently that dog of hers joined you in the water.” “Yes, that's right, he took his dip with the rest of us. But what's that got to do with it?” “Wilbert Cream dived in and saved him.” “He could have got ashore perfectly well under his own steam. In fact, he was already on his way, doing what looked like an Australian crawl.” “That wouldn't occur to a pinhead like Phyllis. To her Wilbert Cream is the man who rescued her dachshund from awatery grave. So she's going to marry him.”

Examples:

EN: Come to snatch you From a watery grave-- How sweet.
ES: Vino por ti para que no murieras en la inundación. Qué encanto.
EN: - Over yon. To a watery grave like this.
ES: Hacia una tumba de agua, así.
EN: 'I've returned from my watery grave to haunt you.
ES: He vuelto de mi tumba acuática para atormentarte.
EN: The only thing standing between you and a watery grave is your wits. And that's not my idea of adequate protection.
ES: Lo único que puede evitarle una tumba en el mar es la inteligencia, y no considero la suya su mejor arma.
EN: Pat Murphy lies in a watery grave And yearning is in vain
ES: Pat Murphy yace en el fondo del lago, y añorarle no tiene sentido.
EN: Very sad. Two little babies, and you let her fly off to a watery grave?
ES: Dos bebés, ¿y la dejó volar a una tumba en el mar?
EN: Look... our little sister has returned from a watery grave.
ES: Mira nuestra hermanita se recupera de una inmersión casi mortal.
EN: To my brother, my long-lost brother... who returned from a watery grave.
ES: Por mi hermano, perdido hace mucho, que volvió de una tumba de agua.
EN: ""for a blank, blank watery grave
ES: "para una -blanco blanco- sepultura de agua,
EN: While they were luring you to a watery grave the yacht was being hijacked?
ES: ¿Mientras te atraían a una tumba acuática secuestraron el barco?
EN: We weren't meant for a watery grave!
ES: ¡No nos merecemos una tumba acuática!
EN: Preparing a watery grave, elevated of course... for the Caped Crusader.
ES: Preparando una tumba acuosa, elevada por supuesto para el Cruzado Encapotado.
EN: And all indications point to their being swept with the tide... out through the Golden Gate to a watery grave.
ES: Todo indica que la corriente los arrastró... pasando el "Golden Gate" a su tumba marina.
EN: There go stretchers with the few souls snatched literally from a watery grave.
ES: Salen camillas con los pocos cuerpos arrebatados literalmente de su tumba acuática.
EN: enter ships B to strike rock A, sinking into a watery grave at sea.
ES: entra el buque "B" para golpear la roca "A", hundiéndose en una tumba acuosa en el mar.

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