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still waters run deep

proverb

Etymology

Of Latin origin, but possibly popularized by William Shakespeare, c. 1590, in "Henry VI," part 2, act 3, scene 1: : Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep; : And in his simple show he harbours treason.

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Definitions

  1. A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character,…

    A person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.

    • I always knew she was an artful jade; 'still waters run deep;' but she shall be exposed, the mask shall be stripped from the hypocrite.
    • But still waters run deep; and no crisis had come in the years of her early maidenhood to demonstrate what lay hidden within her, like metal in a mine.
    • Baxter had never known of any goings on in that quarter, but, bless you, still waters run deep, and these girls were all alike, one as bad as the other.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA