英语词汇a mile wide a foot deep too thick to drink and too thin to plow的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	a mile wide a foot deep too thick to drink and too thin to plow
词源	a mile wide, a foot deep, too thick to drink, and too thin to plow. This colorful description of the muddy, shallow Platte River in Nebraska was first recorded over a century ago. It was also used to describe the Powder River. See powder river.
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