Phrases related to: pine tar

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ride the pine	To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Jack Tar	Alternative spelling of jacktar.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jack-tar	Alternative spelling of jacktar.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar	To have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tar with the same brush	To characterize using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
touch of the tar brush	Of South Asian or Afro-Caribbean in their background and/or in their appearance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
whale the tar outa him!	Act of Beating Someone! 'Slap 'im-UP To A Fair Thee Well!"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
untar	To extract a tar archive.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
c'est une économie de bouts de chandelle	That is penny-wise and pound-foolish; That is spoiling the ship for a ha’porth (halfpennyworth) of tar; That is a cheese-paring policy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hark back	To return or revert, to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long for	To have a desire for; to yearn for; to crave for; to pine for; to hanker for	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mathurin dévide le jars (pop.)	Jack Tar is spinning a yarn.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sécher sur pied	To pine away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)