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the place where you can stand up but still somehow drown your dignity.
means Having little depth, whether literally measured in water or figuratively in thought, feeling, or character.
from From Middle English shalowe, likely related to shoal — that ridge of sand where deep water suddenly turns wadeable. The watery sense came first; the dismissive 'shallow person' meaning, that someone has no depths to plumb, is a natural drift of the same image into the realm of the mind.
deadly depthMore drownings happen in shallow water than deep
word originRelated to old words for hollow and sloping
hot zonesShallow water heats faster, breeding more life and algae
diving dangerMost spinal injuries come from shallow-end dives
flattery synonymUsed for people with the emotional depth of a puddle