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loose lips sink shipsCareless talk releasing sensitive information can have damaging consequencesRate it:

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ships that pass in the nightThings which have no significant connection or commonality.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightTwo or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.Rate it:

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don't take any wooden nickelsDo not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.Rate it:

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Don't Take Any Wooden NickelsDon't allow anybody deceive you or take advantage of youRate it:

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talk the leg off a wooden indianExcessive talk.Rate it:

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up the wooden hill to bedfordshireUpstairs, to prepare for bed.Rate it:

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wooden marea wooden horse, a torture deviceRate it:

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wooden spoonkitchen utensilRate it:

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wooden spoonAn ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.Rate it:

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wooden spoonA spoon made from wood.Rate it:

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wooden spoonistThe person or team who comes last in a contest.Rate it:

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wooden-topUniformed police officers.Rate it:

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wooden-topA uniformed police officer.Rate it:

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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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all hands on deck!Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.Rate it:

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born with a silver spoon in one's mouthNote. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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appelli (ad oram) (Att. 13. 21)to land (of ships).Rate it:

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bridgeAn elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.Rate it:

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couler à fond(of ships) To founder; (of persons) To be ruined.Rate it:

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deep waterWaters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.Rate it:

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drop shipwhen a manufacturer ships products directly to a buyer by arrangement through a seller. The seller makes the sale of the product to the buyer and makes money from the sale without handling the product.Rate it:

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naves annotinaeships of last year.Rate it:

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naves ex portu solvuntthe ships sail from the harbour.Rate it:

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touch woodHopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.Rate it:

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ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeuntthe ships sail out on a fair wind.Rate it:

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wolfpackDuring World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.Rate it:

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