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weak as water en · ADJ
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very weak.
When I managed to restore her she was as weak as water and cried silently between long, painful struggles for breath.
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page viii. 98:As I was lying back as weak as water, Aunt Mary came in behind me, and flew to me with a little rustle as if she had come on wings, and put her arms round me, and drew my head on to her breast.
1896, Margaret Oliphant, The Library Window: