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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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mama's boyA male person, especially a young man or boy, who is overly attached to or influenced by his mother; a sissy.Rate it:

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man and boyDuring one's manhood and during one's boyhoodRate it:

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man to boyfrom childhoodRate 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 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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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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navis onerariaa transport or cargo-boat.Rate it:

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nous courons même fortuneWe are rowing in the same boat.Rate it:

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nous sommes logés à la même enseigneWe are both in the same predicament, in the same boat.Rate it:

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off one's gameC. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, "The Dub" in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories.Rate it:

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oh boyMarque l’étonnement, la surprise, la stupéfaction.Rate it:

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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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poor boyUsed other than as an idiom: see poor, boy.Rate it:

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poor boyA submarine sandwich.Rate it:

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poster boySee poster child.Rate it:

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puer decem annoruma boy ten years old.Rate it:

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push the boat outTo do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.Rate it:

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Rock the BoatTo destabilize something or make a situation problematic; creating disturbance or to spoil a planRate it:

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set adriftTo send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.Rate it:

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son of AdamAny man or boy; any male human.Rate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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toy boyA young male lover of an older woman or man.Rate it:

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turn the boatTo make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.Rate it:

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well done my boyCompletion of something special, a challenging task.Rate it:

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wet boyA contractor assassin or hit man.Rate it:

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whatever floats your boatWhat makes you happy; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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yeah, boy howdy!Being in agreement with someone… an affirmationRate it:

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young manA term of endearment or address for a boy.Rate it:

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