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A list of phrases related to the word "sailing"...
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A life on the ocean waves
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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Batten down the hatches
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Between the Devil and the deep blue sea
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Britannia rules the waves
Broad in the beam
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Clap him in irons
Clear the decks
Come about
Cut and run
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Davy Jones' locker
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Don't make waves
Flotsam and jetsam
Full fathom five
Full steam ahead
Go by the board
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In the offing
Jolly jack tar
Know the ropes
Learn the ropes
Loose cannon
Nautical
mile
On an even keel
On the fiddle
Pipe down
Plain sailing
Red Sails In The Sunset ( Al Bowlly song )
Sailing under false colours
Set sail
Shake a leg
Ship shape and Bristol fashion
Shiver me timbers
Show a leg
Smooth sailing
Son of a gun
Sound out
Swing the lead
Taken aback
The bitter end
The deep blue sea
The few, the proud, the Marines ( United States
Marine
Corps advertising slogan )
Three sheets to the wind
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Walk the plank
Weigh anchor
Women and children first
You know what sailors are