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still water runs deep

still water runs deep is the alternative form of still waters run deep.

Meaning of still waters run deep

Proverb

still waters run deep

  1. A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.
    • I always knew she was an artful jade; 'still waters run deep;' but she shall be exposed, the mask shall be stripped from the hypocrite.1822, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, A New-England Tale

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Still water runs deep is the alternative form of still waters run deep.

Words near still water runs deep in the dictionary

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