出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第231页(210字)
形容军队打了败仗,就像水泼到地上那样不可收拾,例项羽曾经不可一世,没想到会被围困于垓下,落到一败如水的地步。
The high and mighty Xiang Yu never dreamt that he would be surrounded at Gai Xia and be utterly defeated.