proverb · Legacy record
Who can walk on water is perhaps made out of straws.
Who can walk on water is perhaps made out of straws.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Walking on water perhaps explained by being made of straw gives an apparently remarkable feat an ordinary or diminished explanation. The saying questions admiration before a claim is understood.
What the words are saying
The exact traditional comparison is unverified, and perhaps keeps the proposed explanation tentative. A qualified reading asks what an impressive appearance actually establishes. The sentence is not a physical experiment, a means of walking on water or evidence for or against a miracle.
Everyday example
A reader asks what supports an impressive claim before treating its appearance as proof of extraordinary ability.
When to use it
Use it only as a qualified appearance-and-explanation image.
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What it does not mean
No physical mechanism, verified miracle or definitive traditional meaning is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 532; PDF page 49; collection label: Persia/Iran
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Persia/Iran