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from the dustcover of "When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay :seafaring words in everyday speech"
Here's the scuttlebutt: Barge right in and swallow the anchor, and let's chew the fat and splice the main brace 'till we're three sheets to the wind. Listen, you son of a sea cook, I'm tired of minding my P's and Q's. I tell you, I'm all at sea, and this is the bitter end. Nothing I can do will keep this ship on an even keel. Hells bells! You think I didn't tell it to the old man? delivered a broadside, I did, but he just called me a loose cannon. Maybe I caught him between wind and water. Listen, mate. You'd better bootleg a bible aboard. We're sailing under false colors, and where we're headed it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. It's Davy Jones' locker I'm talking about. The crew was scraped from the bottom of the barrel. They don't know the ropes, and anyway they're deserting like rats from a sinking ship. It's time to fish or cut bait, mate, or there'll be the devil to pay. No use flogging a dead horse. Let's stay armed to the teeth and look for any port in a storm. There'll be nothing but flotsam and jetsam when this tub goes down the hatch.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? jdholloway 08/16/00 01:17 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? TEd Remington 08/16/00 04:13 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? johnjohn 08/17/00 10:26 AM "kith and kin", "rack and ruin", "kit and caboodle TEd Remington 08/17/00 01:02 PM "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 10:03 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" TEd Remington 08/19/00 10:52 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 04:25 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/00 12:09 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/00 04:16 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/00 12:30 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? Jackie 08/18/00 11:15 AM Thanks and Hello jdholloway 08/18/00 01:02 PM
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