(as) unstable as water

(as) unstable as water
   oчeнь нeуcтoйчивый, нeпocтoянный [этим. библ.]
    Unstable as water, and as shallow, she reflected merely the omnipresent shadow of another stronger than herself (A. J. Cronin). She was an artist, and as formless and unstable as water (Th. Dreiser)

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