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clear water

Meaning

Clear water is transparent, clean water you can see through, with little color or cloudiness. It looks pure and lets you see the bottom or objects below, suggesting safety and cleanliness.

Examples

You are a pool of clear water where the light plays. Jeanette Winterson

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Aeschylus

Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Benjamin Hoff

Heaven is dark and yet out of it streams clear water. Afghan Proverb

He who would have clear water should go to the fountain head. Italian Proverb

Thick wine is better than clear water. Italian Proverb

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