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a miss is as good as a mileA failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.Rate it:

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absence makes the heart grow fonderWhen someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.Rate it:

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all aboardA cry to passengers to board a train or boat that is soon to depart.Rate it:

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ark ruffianRogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.Rate it:

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back in the knife drawer, Miss SharpSaid as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.Rate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

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blink-and-you-miss-itBarely visible because gone too quickly.Rate it:

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boy in the boatClitoris.Rate it:

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bug outMiss school, play truant, play hooky.Rate it:

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can't see the forest for the treesTo miss the major things while only seeing the minor details; to overlook the entire situation due to focusing on small aspectsRate it:

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cast adriftTo place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave themRate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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donner à côtéTo miss the mark.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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even keelA situation in which the boat is level and balanced for a smooth ride.Rate it:

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float someone's boatTo interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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from stem to sternOver the full length of a ship or boat, from the front end of the vessel to the back end.Rate it:

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get in the boat and rowTo make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.Rate it:

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give something a missTo forego something.Rate it:

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go by the boardTo estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.Rate it:

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I miss youAn expression of sorrow or sadness about the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.Rate it:

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in the same boatIn the same situation or predicament; having the same problems.Rate it:

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In the Same BoatSharing trouble is in the same unpleasant or worse situationRate it:

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je vous manqueYou miss me.Rate it:

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kit outTo prepare a boat or vehicle for a voyage or journey.Rate it:

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lay toTo turn towards the wind so that the boat stopsRate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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long forTo miss someoneRate it:

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mi manchiI miss youRate it:

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miss outTo miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.Rate it:

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Miss RightA perfect, ideal or suitable female mate or wife.Rate it:

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Miss the BoatTo blow your chance, slow to act, to miss out on the chanceRate it:

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miss the boatTo miss out (on something); to be ignorant (of something).Rate it:

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miss the boatTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.Rate it:

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miss the markTo fail to hit the target.Rate it:

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miss the markTo fail to reach the result that was intended.Rate it:

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miss the pointTo fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance.Rate it:

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missed the boatrefers to something someone didn't do and maybe regrets not doing; often followed by "on that" or "on that one"; can also be said sarcasticallyRate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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narrow boatcanal bargeRate it:

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navem (classem) armare, ornare, instruereto equip a boat, a fleet.Rate it:

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navem capere, intercipere, deprehendereto capture a boat.Rate it:

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navem deducere (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)to launch a boat.Rate it:

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navem expugnareto board and capture a boat.Rate it:

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navem reficereto repair a boat.Rate it:

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navem rostro percutereto charge, ram a boat.Rate it:

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navem subducere (in aridum)to haul up a boat.Rate it:

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