In Deep Water
What it means
In serious trouble, and further into it than you can comfortably handle.
Where it comes from
The Psalms use deep waters for exactly this kind of distress, floods coming in over someone's head. The image survives in a language spoken mostly by people who can swim.
The puzzle it came from
In Deep Water was the answer to the Phrasicle of November 9, 2025. The clue read In ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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good
morning
rain
water
bottle
sea
lion
king
bed
room
ham
burger
joint
pain
killers
bruised
knee
deep
sleep
over
Phrasicle: In Deep Water