How many sayings do you know with nautical origin?

Two sailors spot a big hand sticking out of the sea

1st sailor , what's that ?

2nd sailor , it's a little wave

 

Shiver me timbers

Below the weather

Avast behind

 

You have a woman’s hands!

 

Any port in a storm!

 

Never go on a cruise ship that begins with Costa

 

Action stations..
Man overboard
Mayday.

 

Hello, sailor!

 

Yep. We gentlemen of a certain age know the necessity of that very well.

 

“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.”
Allegedly said by Winston Churchill.

 

up tight and out of sight

 

Walk the plank
Full a stern

 

Special blue peter merit badges to @jivedubbin and @Diddymen for keeping to the subject
"A vast behind" taking first prize in the "on subject but also in the spirit of TLB" category

 

Seaman Staines and roger the cabin boy

 

Naughty Barney! See above!! .... although I have to admit I've always liked the one about the Admiral's Daughter who always had a lot of seamen around the naval base ..........

 

heave to
put a shot across your bows
It's just a flesh wound - kiss me (kismet)Hardy
POSH =port out starboard home

 

Being "put on the spot"



The origin of Stevenson's Black Spot might be in the historical tradition of Caribbean pirates of showing an Ace of Spades to a person condemned as traitor or informer. The card was putting the person dangerously "on the spot", as the ace bears a single pip
Arrgh, Jim lad.

 

I’m try to Fathom this out


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Eye eye captain

 

Aye, but only to Captain Birdseye.