This phrase is from H.W.Longfellow poem rain in summer. It means when the heavy rain flew from the top of street, it brought with it all the sand from the upside and the mud and it totally looked like a tide of a river but with full of mud.
The original phrase was "happy as a clam at high tide." Clams live in the sand beneath the ocean. When the tide goes out, they are left without any water, and have to survive on what they store in their holes. So when the tide is high, a clam is happy and has plenty of water for food and oxygen.
The tides are the result of the gravitational attraction between the water, the sun, and the moon.
It's not an idiom - ships once had to ride the tide out of harbors because they didn't have motors and had to rely on the tide and the wind to carry them along.
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Yes, muddy is an adjective.
Muddy tide
The phrase "brow of the tide" is not a commonly used idiom or expression. It could be interpreted as a poetic or metaphorical way of referring to the beginning or peak of the tide, where the water level is rising or at its highest point.
the frosty tide is a tide of snow. like a tide from a wave, but it is snow instead of water.
A stretch of muddy land uncovered at low tide is typically referred to as a tidal flat or mudflat. These areas are exposed when the tide goes out and are important habitats for various species of plants and animals that have adapted to live in intertidal environments.
The word tide mean befall.
No, the correct way to phrase this sentence is "Is the tide out?" as it is a question seeking information about the current tide level.
"by driving carefully" is the complete gerund phrase in this sentence. It functions as an adverbial phrase, providing more information about how she was able to get past the muddy road.
The original phrase was "happy as a clam at high tide." Clams live in the sand beneath the ocean. When the tide goes out, they are left without any water, and have to survive on what they store in their holes. So when the tide is high, a clam is happy and has plenty of water for food and oxygen.
Winkles, or small sea snails, often hide in crevices or under rocks when the tide goes out to protect themselves from predators and desiccation. They can also burrow into the sandy or muddy substrate to stay moist and safe until the tide returns.
"Roll Tide" is the rallying call for the University of Alabama. Alabama's "mascot" is known as the Crimson Tide. The term Crimson Tide was coined in 1907 when Alabama played Auburn on a muddy field and stained the uniforms red. Hugh Roberts, the sports editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald, described the team as Crimson Tide because of the mud and coined the term "roll tide" to reference the way they ran onto the field (rolling like a tide). Similar to other college chants, "Roll Tide" essentially means fight on, don't give up, never surrender.
Prawns typically live in the intertidal zone, which is the area between the high and low tide marks. They are often found in sandy or muddy substrates where they can burrow and hide during low tide and forage for food during high tide.
IT MEAN THAT it is when i am faking that i am saying i have cool shoes and tide mean electric pipe in the ocean.