You added water – add flour
Figuratively: If a person has caused damage, he should strive and repair what he has done.
("As it is said (in the beginning of Moses) Ephraim and Manasseh shall be to me as Reuben and Simeon, and she shall be to him a helper, she who adds flour, she who adds water" - Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) Parashah See Simeon 12, and so: "And she shall be beautiful, she who adds water, she who adds flour, so it is from the Lord that without my apothecary the praise will not be raised from them as much as it is from him. "From the recipient of a gift" - Shu't Avnei Nezer, Helek Hoshen, Judge Simeon Kapaz)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹסַפְתָּ מַיִם- הוֹסֵף קֶמַח
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אִם אָדָם גָּרַם נֶזֶק עָלָיו לְהִתְאַמֵּץ וּלְתַקֵּן אֶת מָה שֶׁעָשָׂה.
("שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בְּרֵאשִׁית מֹחַ) אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן יִהְיוּ לִי- א"ל וְהָא אִית לֵהּ מְסַיֵּעַ, הוֹסָפַת קֶמַח הוֹסָפַת מַיִם"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (בּוּבֶּר) פָּרָשַׁת רְאֵה סִימָן יב, וְכֵן:"וְיָפֶה פֵּרַשְׁתָּ. אַךְ הוֹסָפַת מַיִם תּוֹסִיף קֶמַח דא"כ מה"ט בְּלֹא אֶפּוֹתִיקִי לֹא יִגְבַּהּ מֵהֶם הַשֶּׁבַח כְּמוֹ מִמְּקַבֵּל מַתָּנָה"- שׁוּ"ת אַבְנֵי נֵזֶר חֵלֶק חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט סִימָן קפז)