Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: 'speak another ship' Page #6

Yee yee! We've found 650 phrases and idioms matching 'speak another ship'.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
if it's not one thing it's anotherMany problems are happening simultaneously or in close succession.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
if pigs had wings they would fly(colloquial) Expresses speakers skepticism toward a hypothetical argument by another.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il a battu les buissons, un autre a pris l'oiseauHe did the work and another had the profit.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il a beau parler, il ne me convaincra pasIt is of no use for him to speak, he will not convince me; Let him say what he will, he will not convince me.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il a craché en l'air et ça lui est retombé sur le nez (pop.)He wished to do harm to another but it recoiled on himself.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il faut que je parle, c'est plus fort que moiI must speak, I cannot help it.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il me tarde de parlerI am anxious to speak.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'entend pas raillerie là-dessus1. You must not speak lightly of that before him. 2. He will not be trifled with on that point.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ils se sont dit de gros motsThey came to high words; They insulted (slanged) one another.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ils se sont dit mille injuresThey abused one another like pickpockets.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.Actually doing what another does is the greatest compliment.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
in controlWhen one is controlling a machine, or a situation, or an activity. Similar to in charge, but one person can be officially in charge, while another person is, in fact, in control.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in other wordsStated or interpreted another way; introduces an explanation.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in vino veritasdrunken folks speak truth, one tells the truth under the influence of alcoholRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
in your dreamsUsed to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
initium dicendi facereto begin to speak.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
io non parlo ingleseI don't speak EnglishRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
io non parlo italianoI don't speak ItalianRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
it figuresUsed to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
it is what it isAnother way to say you cannot change what is apparent, but accept it.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
je me ferais tirer à quatre avant de parlerWild horses would not make me speak.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
je n'ai pas voix au chapitre(lit.) I have no right to speak; (fig.) My opinion is not listened to.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
je ne parle pas anglaisI don't speak EnglishRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
je ne parle pas françaisI don't speak FrenchRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jet settingThe actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jet-settingThe actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jumpTo employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jump shipTo depart a project without warning.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jump shipTo part from a ship.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
jump to my tunejump to my tune', means 'Go Along With Another's Ideas, Program, Schedule, Agenda, 'Cooperate Fully With My Methodology, My Way Of Doing Things:Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
just another pretty faceSomeone who is attractive, but not too distinguished.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
keep paceTo progress at the same rate as another; to keep upRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
kiss upTo pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
l'appétit vient en mangeantOne leg of mutton helps down another; The more one has the more one wants; Begin to eat, you’ll soon be hungry.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
l'un bat les buissons et l'autre prend les oiseauxOne does the work and the other reaps the advantage; One man starts the game and another kills it.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
la langue lui démangeHe longs to speak; He is dying to put in a word.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
latine loqui (Brut. 45. 166)(1) to speak Latin, (2) to speak good Latin (also bene latine), (3) to express oneself clearly.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
lay offTo place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
le fort portant le faibleOne thing with another; On an average.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
le navire a péri corps et biensThe ship went down with all hands on board.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

(1.00 / 1 vote)
let bygones be bygonesTo ignore or disregard a past offense (when dealing with another individual).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
let the door hit you where the good Lord split youA command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.Rate it:

(5.00 / 2 votes)
libel chillUneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of legal action should one do so.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
libere dicere (Verr. 2. 72. 176)to speak frankly, independently.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
like rats from a sinking shipQuickly but in futility, away from a failing projectRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
lip offTo speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
loose cannonA cannon that breaks loose during battle or a storm and causes serious damage to the ship and its crew.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for 'speak another ship':

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
Cut them some ________ will you?
A time
B rope
C slack
D whey

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ