drink someone's bathwater
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be excessively adoring of someone.
Example Sentences
- ""If his ass is half as passionate in the bedroom as he is when it comes to fighting important issues in the media, I'll drink his bathwater.""
- ""Know Jony Ive?" Bono laughed. "I love that guy. I drink his bathwater.""
- ""Cute dog," he said, bending down to pet the pooch, hating how utterly pathetic he sounded. But, hell, he was hooked. Hooked, gaffed, and in the boat. He'd already crawl through a mile of broken glass just to drink her bathwater."
Etymology
Presumably references various legends about religious devotees consuming bathwater as an act of devotion.
Inflected Forms
drinks someone's bathwater (present, singular)
drinking someone's bathwater (participle, present)
drank someone's bathwater (past)
drunk someone's bathwater (participle, past)