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These user-created lists contain the word ‘catch my drift’.
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Three Sheets to the Wind
Common words or phrases of nautical origin that have taken on different or metaphorical meanings. Chained_bear and I tossed a coin over who would make the list. I won (or lost, depending on how you...
scuttlebutt, taken aback, brass monkey, boot camp, clean bill of health, three sheets to t..., the devil to pay, between the devil..., by and large, the whole nine yards, mind your ps and qs, slush fund and 116 more...
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A Life on the Ocean Wave
Nautical words.
galleon, yacht, raft, three sheets to t..., make headway, in the doldrums, keelhaul, catch my drift, down the hatch, dinghy, canoe, by and large
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reesetee Thanks right back, SoG. I'm finding that a lot of the origins of these phrases seem to be in dispute (that is, they may or may not have nautical origins)--but they're still fun to list. :-) Nov 30, 2007
sonofgroucho I hadn't realised how many of my favourite phrases have a nautical origin! Thanks, reesetee! Nov 30, 2007