Phrases
As calm as stillwater
As useless as an unoiled feather
Bad feather day
Beached - stuck
Dead in the water
Down the drain
Drop in a bucket
Feeling at low tide - tired
Going katabatic - katabatic winds spring up without warning and come down glacier valleys up to 120 mph/200 km/h.
Hanging by a byssus thread - barely hanging on. Mussles attach to rocks by byssus threads
Herd of - group of
In hot water
Lonely - used as a negative term
Moonless - used by those on the moonside as a negative term (2-4-12*)
On the other flipper (from a penguin book, which?)
Pain in the beak
Road of life - river of life
The road to success -the river to success
Sinking into the benthic zone - depressed
Sweet fins - an endearment
Swimming through choppy waters - facing difficulty
Walking on thin ice
Watershed moment
What in the ocean
Wouldn’t miss it for all the oceans
You fat and colorful Kaiteri, you - an endearment
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*Date of discovery.