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A life on the ocean waves
A
move
in the right direction
Abandon ship
Ahoy there
All aboard
All aboard that's coming aboard
All at sea
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All hands on deck
All hands to the pump
Anchors aweigh
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As white as a
sheet
Bar
fly
Batten down the hatches
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Because you were born to
fly
( TAM Brazilian Airlines advertising slogan )
Between the Devil and the deep blue sea
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Biggest daily
sale
on Earth ( Daily Mirror advertising slogan )
Blank
canvas
Boat
person
Boat
race ( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
Body painting ( a form of painting that uses the human body as a
canvas
)
Bold
move
Bon
voyage
Booze
cruise
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Born On The Fourth Of July ( Tom
Cruise
movie )
Britannia rules the waves
Bust a
move
( dance in a stylish way )
Career limiting
move
Cast anchor
Cast off
Cheat
sheet
Clap him in irons
Clean
sheet
Clear the decks
Cloth
ears
Come
Fly
With Me ( Frank Sinatra song )
Come about
Cruise
control
Cut and run
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Cut from the same
cloth
Cut your coat to suit your
cloth
Davy Jones' locker
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Did the earth
move
for you
Don't make waves
Don't rock the
boat
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
Fair market value ( a reasonable price for an article for
sale
)
Faith will
move
mountains
Fire
Sale
Float
like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Flotsam and jetsam
Fly
Me To The Moon ( Frank Sinatra song )
Fly
a kite
Fly
by night
Fly
by the seat of your pants
Fly
by wire
Fly
drive
Fly
in the face of the evidence
Fly
in the ointment
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Fly
now. Shovel later ( Eastern Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly
off the handle
Fly
off the shelves
Fly
on the wall
Fly
the American way ( American Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly
the coop
Fly
the flag ( British Airways advertising slogan )
Fly
the friendly skies ( United Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly
the nest
Fresh off the
boat
Full fathom five
Get a
move
on
Get out there ( Royal Caribbean
cruise
lines advertising slogan )
Go by the board
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Go
fly
a kite
Hello
sailor
I Like To
Move
It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
I'm Margie.
Fly
me ( National Airlines advertising slogan )
If God had meant us to
fly
he would have given us wings
If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares ( American Coach Lines advertising slogan )
In full sail
In the offing
In the same
boat
It's time to
fly
( United Airlines advertising slogan )
Jolly jack tar
Keep a clean
sheet
Know the ropes
Land ahoy
Learn the ropes
Let
fly
Like a blue arsed
fly
Loose cannon
Maiden
voyage
Make a
move
on
Make a
sale
Make sail
Make the feathers
fly
Make your
move
Man of the
cloth
Miss the
boat
Mission Impossible ( Tom
Cruise
movie and television series title )
Move
It On Over ( Hank Williams song )
Move
On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Move
heaven and earth
Move
in the best circles
Move
over
Move
right along
Move
with the times
Not for
sale
On the fiddle
On the
fly
On the
move
Pigs might
fly
Pipe down
Plain sailing
Point of
sale
Push the
boat
out
Raise the wind
Red
Sails
In The Sunset ( Al Bowlly song )
Row, row, row your
boat
Sail away
Sail close to the wind
Sail into
Sailing under false colours
Sailor's farewell
Sale
of the century
Set sail
Shake a leg
Ship shape and Bristol fashion
Shiver me timbers
Show a leg
Singapore Girl, you're a great way to
fly
( Singapore Airlines advertising slogan )
Singing from the same hymn
sheet
Smooth
move
Smooth sailing
Son of a gun
Sound out
Spanish
Fly
Straighten up and
fly
right
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and
move
on )
Swing the lead
Take the wind out of my
sails
Taken aback
That ship has sailed
The Big Ship
Sails
on The Ally-Ally-Oh ( line from nursery rhyme )
The Color Of Money ( Paul Newman / Tom
Cruise
movie )
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green
boat
( line from nursery rhyme )
The bitter end
The cut of your
jib
The deep blue sea
The fur began to
fly
The only way to
fly
( Western Airlines advertising slogan )
Three sheets to the wind
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Waiter, there's a
fly
in my soup
Walk the plank
Watch the sparks
fly
We love to
fly
and it shows ( Delta AirLines advertising slogan )
We really
move
our tail for you ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
We're gonna need a bigger
boat
( Jaws advertising tagline )
Whatever floats your
boat
Women and children first
Work hard.
Fly
right ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
World
cruise
You and I were meant to
fly
( Air Canada advertising slogan )
You are now free to
move
about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You know what sailors are
You'll love the way we
fly
( Delta Airlines advertising slogan )
You're going to need a bigger
boat
( Jaws )