What do people mean when they say you can drown in a glass of water?

Question

What do people mean when they say you can drown in a glass of water?

Answer 1

It is caused by the Mamallian Reflex, where your body closes down the airways to prevent any more water from entering your lungs.

Answer 2

Because you can, in a manner. It does not take much water for a person to drown in, especially if you don't know how to swim.

Answer 3

Drown=To suffocate in water or other liquid

In=Used to indicate inclusion within a space

Glass=A drinking vessel

Water=A clear liquid composed of two hyrogens and one oxygen; a vital compound of life

So they mean that a human suffocates within the space of a drinking vessel filled with H2O.  Tough luck.

Lol I'm just kidding.  I'm pretty sure it does mean that the water goes down the wrong "tube" and goes to your...lungs possibly?  I don't know.  But it is true!

p.s.  Thanks Dictionary . com lol

Answer 4

This genrally menas that you can drown in a standard size tub filled with an 8 oz. glass's worth of water.  It is possible, but unless you're a small child, it would take quite a bit of trying (or falling asleep or in a coma or just generally unconscious).  Another (but notably less likely) meaning is that you can drown by sticking your nose in a glass of water.  However, this would require even more work, along the lines of taping shut your mouth, someone actually holding you down, and perhaps handcuffs.

Answer 5

you couldn't swim to save yourself

Answer 6

it means that your either stupid or very small. i dont know either

Answer 7

It means that it doesn't matter how deep the water is, the reality is one can drown in water that is very shallow.  If one was to put there head down in about 6 inches of water, one could drown because that would effectively block all air ways.