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What is the meaning of the idiom 'to be thrown in at the deep end'?
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∙ 14y ago
when learning to swim, a particularly cruel method of forcing you to learn was to 'throw you in at the deep end' without any help. it has come to mean doing a task etc that is particularly hard with no help
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∙ 13y agoThis phrase refers to Swimming Pools; the usual design for a swimming pool involves a shallow end, where you can stand up in the pool with your head above water, and a deep end, where the bottom of the pool is too deep for you to stand on it and have your head above water. If you are teaching someone how to swim, you normally start them at the shallow end of the pool, where a non-swimmer has an easier time because it is not actually necessary to swim. If you throw someone into a swimming pool at the deep end, they have to either swim or drown. Metaphorically, any time someone is given a task which requires them to do something difficult before they have mastered the simpler version, that can be called throwing them in at the deep end.
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