milk-and-water
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Anyway it seems to me more accurate about motherhood than the old bloodless milk-and-water Virgins of art history.
From Literature
Usually these voluntaries were real milk-and-water affairs," he recalled, "but one day the organist did something really wild, which was thrilling.
From The Guardian
If that girl does not know what it is to have a high-spirited young fellow like yourself for a lover, without making him a poor, tame, milk-and-water poodle, why then she ought to make herself always as scarce as she is at this moment.
From Project Gutenberg
"Oh Jesse Ferret, ef you had a drop of blood in you that wasn't milk-and-water, you would be ashamed of sich shilly-shally conduct, that even the women makes you a laughing-stock!"
From Project Gutenberg
If my blood was milk-and-water, it would be curds-and-whey before this time.
From Project Gutenberg
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