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The phrase "about as deep as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to make a comparison regarding depth, often in a figurative sense, to indicate a lack of depth or seriousness.
Example: "His understanding of the topic is about as deep as a puddle."
Alternatives: "roughly equivalent to" or "comparable to".
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Sadly it's about as deep as a frying pan.
That's about as deep as the novel gets.
The Catholic roots of this far-northern valley are about as deep as they get.
His intellect may be as broad as the sea, but it's about as deep as a birdbath.
The production tries very, very hard to be profound, but it ends up about as deep as a frying pan (1 30).
But while Raja blusters about the king "sipping his wine and playing billiards and smoothing his mustache," that's about as deep as the political discussion gets.
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Being funny is about as deep and truthful as I can be.
It's about as deep--and about as entertaining--as an average episode of "Donahue". One of the five, television executive/author Steve Sohmer, is from Los Angeles.
About 1 million years ago, Zion Canyon was only about half as deep as it is today in the vicinity of Zion Lodge.
In comparison, the rooting depth of Bala was about half as deep as the rooting depth of Caipo, resulting in an average of 625.50 pixels (SD = 181.62).
I've been about as deep in poverty as a person can get in the UK for a large part of my life.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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