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Watering the Fish 

When one continues to comment on said joke after the jokes humor expired a while before

-trying to keep the joke alive, similarly to trying to keep a fish alive by watering it

some seem to possess higher strengths of this quality than others...
*Joke is made*
*Acceptable laughter is made*
*Laughter dies down*
One person: 'HAHAHAHAHA!!! And then he...AHAHAHAHA!!! And if you...AHAHAHHA! And then...ahhhhh, fun ti--'
Someone else: 'Shutup. Watering the fish man'
*Silence as remaining group try to gather mixed emotions on the situation and understand said person's unwanted ability to water the fish*

Watering The Wallflowers 

When someone flirts with unpopular people just to get attention.
"It's all false love and affection, you don't want me, you just like the attention", is a good way to put it.
"See that girl? She's just Watering The Wallflowers... Poor guy"

Watering basil 

The act of performing oral sex.
Some men don't like watering basil but all the best men don't mind.

Kristen prides herself on having no gag reflex and being good at watering basil.
Watering basil by Jlbers January 27, 2017

wallowing hippo 

My toilet water was dirty when I flushed it. I took the lid of the cistern and found some dirty bastard had laid a wallowing hippo in there.
wallowing hippo by captnphunky March 9, 2017

Watering the pamplemousse

Canadian slang: To cry, often excessively.
Man, that movie sure had me watering the pamplemousse.
The act to giving water to an animal
If I don't water the dog soon he'll die of thirst.

Can you please water the cat, she keeps meowing

Just a second, I'm watering the horses
Watering by Miles owner July 2, 2009