there must be something in the water
Syllables: there must be some·thing in the wa·terUK/ðɛə mʌst biː ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈwɔːtə/US/ðɛəɹ mʌst bi ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈwɔtəɹ/
there must be something in the water phrase: there are so many instances of something unusual, such as in people's behavior, that there must be a common cause.
Phrase
there must be something in the water
- There are so many instances of something unusual, such as in people's behavior, that there must be a common cause.
- Our fathers' fathers / Hand-me-downs / The clip for the rounds / Just squeeze, don't choke / The future weeps in the shadow of the gun smoke / There must be something in the water / There must be something in the water / Over and over and over and over again / Violent men meet violent ends2019, “Something in the Water”, performed by Stray from the Path, UNFD
Forms of there must be something in the water
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Origin of there must be something in the water
From the idea that there is a substance in drinking water which many people have drunk, thus affecting their behavior.
Words that rhyme with there must be something in the water
Questions about there must be something in the water
- What does there must be something in the water mean?
- There must be something in the water means there are so many instances of something unusual, such as in people's behavior, that there must be a common cause.
- What part of speech is there must be something in the water?
- There must be something in the water is a phrase.
- How do you pronounce there must be something in the water?
- There must be something in the water is pronounced /ðɛə mʌst biː ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈwɔːtə/ (UK).
Words near there must be something in the water in the dictionary
- there is the rub
- there isn't any easy way to say this
- there lies the rub
- there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
- there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
- there must be something in the water
- there now
- there one has it
- there ought to be a law
- there oughta be a law
- there oughtta be a law
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