More on Drown the Miller from Infoplease:

• Drown the Miller - Drown the Miller (To). To put too much water into grog or tea. The idea is that the supply of water ...
• Miller - Miller To drown the miller. (See Drown , etc.) To give one the miller is to engage a person in ...
• Water - Water (See Dancing Water.) The Father of Waters. The Mississippi (Indian, Michc Sepe), the chief ...
• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: D - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "D"