deep blue sea
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The shallow water helps protect them from larger sharks and killer whales that would eat them with relish, like chewy hors d’oeuvres, if they drifted too far into the deep blue sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
Mr Corbyn told the Independent: "What I suspect is that it's a completely cynical manoeuvre to run down the clock and offer MPs the choice of the devil or the deep blue sea."
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2018
You can capture an image of yourself against the impossibly beautiful backdrop of an orange sun dropping from a pink sky into a deep blue sea.
From Economist • Mar. 28, 2018
Carefully shucked oysters, gathered on ice in a shell-shaped bowl, demonstrate that the kitchen knows not to mess with perfection from the deep blue sea.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2015
“I s’pose you were stuck twixt the devil and the deep blue sea, child. You done your best, but we got us some real trouble now.”
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
