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November 18, 2010
Everyday Nautical Metaphors
Perhaps almost all metaphors eventually break loose from their moorings. From the archives of Mental Floss, here are nine colloquialisms (clichés?) that derive from the high seas: clean bill of health, in the doldrums, three sheets to the wind, filibuster, chew the fat, slush fund, by and large, groggy, and under the weather.
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