If you are like most people you would like to make all your problems go dead in the water. This means that you would like to make all your bills or anything else that is giving you a headache to just go away.

People will do almost anything to make money to get rid of one bill or another. They sometimes do things that could get them in bigger financial trouble. They might go to a loan shark and try to borrow some money, but this isn't a good idea. These people mean business and if you can't pay them like you are told to, they will rearrange some part of your body. If that still doesn't work they will find other ways to get it or you.

Sometimes you might find someone dead in the water usually after a flood or maybe after some other kind of storm. This usually doesn't happen because if this body isn't found right away it could get hung up on something else in the water, and it could be there for some time. This body could get stuck under water and never come up.

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saying could mean all sorts of things, like your car went dead in the water. Sometimes they will be talking about someone being dead drunk from drinking too much booze. People will do some strange things to try to get rid of something else. They might even do something that is against the law, or they might try to bet on a horse race to try to make some money. Either one of these ways will not help you in the long run.

If you would do something against the law you could get caught and wind up in jail, and this would probably put you in worse debt than you were before you did this thing. And you would still wind up in jail! If you went to the horse races and made a bet on a horse you had better have some idea on how this betting game is run.

If you go into this betting game without knowing what you are doing, you will lose. Some people will start to gamble on football games, baseball games, or golf or any other games of chance, but most of the time these will not help you get out of your problems. These games of chance would probably get you deeper in the hole.