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What does awash mean?
What does awash mean?
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To be covered by something, or to have an enormous amount of something, is to be awash in it.
The analogy is to be covered in water – to be awash
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@isthmus_x@michaelrandom27 so is covered specifically with water??
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No – covered in anything. It's a metaphor, an analogy. It's saying, this is like being covered in water – there is nothing else
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Syria is awash in cheap drugs
So, we are saying that there is an enormous amount of cheap drugs in Syria right now, and that this fact is having an enormous affect on social life in Syria
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The Russian government is awash with problems caused by the US
You cannot say "awashed". Not a word
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