What does the expresson, "smoke on the water" mean?
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It might mean you're listening to a song of that name by a popular '70's group, "Deep Purple".\n\nHere's the inspiration for the lyrics:\nThe lyrics of the song tell a true story: on December 7, 1971, Deep Purple had set up camp at Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric). On the eve of the recording session a concert featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention was held in the casino's theatre; during the concert a fire broke out (said to be caused by a Swiss fan shooting a flare gun in the ceiling, as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line) that eventually destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bass player Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he suddenly woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel across the lake. The "funky Claude" running in and out is referring to Claude Nobs, the director of the Montreux Jazz Festival who helped some of the audience to escape the fire.
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Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, but may also be used for pest control (cf. fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defense (smoke-screen) or inhalation of tobacco or other drugs. Smoke is also sometimes a component of internal combustion engine exhaust gas, particularly diesel exhaust.
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Water has a strong dream meaning.  It depends on many things from which way the meaning will go- was the water calm? clear? or dark and rough?  Usually, calm water means you will experience something new in the future.. rough water means something unpleasant is ahead of you.. I'm not sure what the whales mean.
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From what is left of my memory, the spiral fins break up voticies from the wind. I don't remember if this prevents smoke from being driven downward of it it relieves some of the wind pressure on the stack itself.
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smoke on the water is a common beginner song.  it only has 3 chords.
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I believe you are confusing two different sayings .\nOne is    "you have to fight fire with fire" which comes from oil rigs that catch on fire.  for example when American forces went  into Iraq Saddam started blowing up oil rigs to impede them once an oil rig catches on fire the only way to put it out is to blow it up with explosives placed at the base of the fire. similarly it means to beat someone at their own game . For example lets say you and a friend are playing a game and you know for a fact that your friend is cheating , the only way you would have any chance of winning would be for you to start cheating as well.\n\nThe second saying is   "if you play with fire you will get burned " which quite simply means if you do risky things you should  expect negative consequences or repercussions
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It means "off the trail." Off piste is going off the designated groomed trails on the mountain. Its just wild untamed mountain. You are not supposed to ski or board there because it is not checked for safety and not groomed. a lot of skiers/boarders like to for the thrill and danger and also because it is usually pure, that is no one has skiied on it so the snow is flat. Its also more challenging.
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Quelque part au delà de la mer, quelque part, m'attendant, mon amoureux se tient sur les sables d'or et observe les bateaux qui vont naviguer ; Quelque part au delà de la mer, il (elle est) observe là pour moi. Si je pourrais voler comme des oiseaux sur la haute, alors directement à ses bras (elle) j'irais naviguer. Elle est lointaine au delà d'un tenir le premier rôle, il est près au delà de la lune, je savent au delà d'un doute que mon coeur me mènera là bientôt. Nous nous réunirons au delà du rivage, nous embrasserons juste comme avant. Heureux nous serons au delà de la mer, et jamais encore j'irai naviguer !\n\n\n\nThis may not be exact....I used a translator.
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On what? Water? Clarify--you're too vague by trying to be creative. \n\nOil floats on water.
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It may mean that life is short(vacation) and you've lived your life missing out on the really good thing(Ocean=God) and no matter how much your AROUND the Ocean(God), you're not jumping in(giving yourself to Him) and you feel as though you've missed out. This is my take, anyways. I hope this helps you in life.
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It is not air that takes a spherical shape in water but rather the water forces it to take that shape. This is because of surface tension - the same reason why drops of water tend to be shperical. It is the state with least potential energy implying the most stable state.\nIn case of smoke in air, the same thing does not happen as neither air nor smoke does not have any surface tension (being gases, rather mixtures of gases, they are not cohesive unlike water or any liquid for that matter). The simply diffuse into each other randomly (and aided by air currents) however, smoke being a hot mixture of gases, tends to rise higher, hence the wierd upgoing patterns formed by smoke.
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"in a plane" and "on a plane" are interchangeable and a matter of personal preference, as are in/on a boat/ship\n\nif you are in/on a boat/ship, then you are said to be on the water, if you are in the water that means you're swimming, perhaps because the boat has sunk\n\na nickel may be in or on the bottom of a jar, but (in my opinion) in is a more general reference, on the bottom of makes me think you emptied the jar, looking for the nickel and you found it laying on the bottom of the jar
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This wording is called "legalese."\nThe tobacco companies were being sued about carcinogens in cigarettes. They were arguing over how much a cigarette would give to a user. They tried to be exacting and cover all the possible meanings.\n\n;-D Some people still don't believe smoking is hazardous to health!
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It's from Horace - I will look it up for you...\n\nI found some translations, but since it it a poem, they have all taken some literary license.  The part you have put up is only the first two lines, and I have given you the first four.  Literally, it starts out, "You will live correctly, Licinius, neither always pressing while storms..."    altum means deep or high, but the word it modifies isn't given.\n\nYour life will be better by not pressing\nAlways out to deep sea, Licinius\nNor by staying too close to shore and guessing\nWhere rocks lie treacherous.\n\nYou better sure shall live, not evermore\nTrying high seas; nor, while sea’s rage you flee,\nPressing too much upon ill-harboured shore.\n\nYou will live more rightly, Licinius, \nneither by always pressing far out onto the deep sea \nwhen you are bold, \nnor by too closely hugging the unfriendly shore \nwhen you quake, wary of storms.\n\nSeek to live, Licinius, life more fitly,\nNeither pressing always to open seas nor\nSo afraid of storms that you steer too close to\nTreacherous shorelines.
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Means you smoke the pot.
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This verse is part of God's talking to Job about His ability and Job's inability. In verses 8-11, God states He and He alone has the power to limit the seas movements. They can go no farther than he allows and waves can get no higher than He wants them to. Sounds like a statement to mankind also...lol
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I heard this one in Hawaii back in 1994 by a local fishing boat Captain.... it had something to do with fishing being able to smell bannana oil and staying away from the boat and that was supposed to be a natural signal to the fish they were too close to the beach.... basically ... you wouldn't catch any fish.  And the oil could stay on the boat for up to a week... that meant a week of no fish or money from them. He actually checked our coolers to make sure no one had banana's or coconuts.