Tanım
•to lend support to an opponent or enemy as an unintended consequence of an action one takes, especially in discourse
Etimoloji
Literally, "to pour water on [one's] mill". similar constructions in other languages Compare English water to one's mill, Catalan portar l’aigua al seu molí, tirar l’aigua al seu molí, Dutch water naar iemands molen leiden, Finnish saada vettä myllyynsä, French apporter de l’eau au moulin de quelqu’un, Italian tirar l'acqua al proprio mulino, German Wasser auf jemandes Mühle leiten, Norwegian få…