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Please explain what this expression means: 'THIS BOTTLE JUST WATERBOARDED ME"
 

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It's not a fixed expression or any sort of idiom.

Waterboarding is a form of torture where the suspect has water poured on him in such a way that he feels he is drowning. It sound like somehow the water from some water bottle spilled in such a way that it got in the speaker's face.
 
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