battleships

battleship

A very large foot or shoe. Typically used in the plural. I bet that store doesn't have shoes big enough for your battleships!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

battleships

verb
See gunboats
See also: battleship
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • #dead
  • save someone's skin
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • pillow-biter
References in periodicals archive
After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.
US Navy Battleships 1886-98
In two seven-mile-long lines between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight were 170 British naval ships, including 50 battleships.
Royal approval for greatest warship fleet in the world
Stern's assessment culminates with an analysis of the effectiveness of these battleships' offensive and defensive capabilities in combat.
The Battleship Holiday: The Naval Treaties and Capital Ship Design
The Yemeni naval forces reiterated that there is no concern for civilian ships as long as they are committed to international maritime law, calling on them to move twenty nautical miles away from the hostile battleships of Saudi-led coalition as a guarantee for their safety.
Naval Forces Confirm High Readiness, Warn Any Ship Threatening Yemeni Coast
Microsoft cofounder, Paul Allen, announced that he had found the Musashi, one of Japan's biggest and most famous battleships, on the seabed of Sibuyan Sea.
This Week's Milestones: March 4-10, 2018
Out of the eight battleships that were targeted by the Japanese, two ships 6 the USS West Virginia and the USS California - were repaired and reused by the Navy.
Pear Harbor Remembrance Day
The Tennessee was docked in what was called "Battleship Row," a line of battleships docked closely together along Ford Island that made them easy targets for the Japanese aircraft.
A (frightening) bird's eye view
It centres on the industrial feat, underpinned by the efforts and skills of thousands of Tynesiders, of building a whole new fleet of battleships and battlecruisers in the decade leading to Jutland.
The race to build the battleships that would win Britain the war
Battleships were used for shore bombardment in Normandy, in the Pacific, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, and fired Tomahawk cruise missiles off Kuwait during Operation DESERT STORM.
Save money and get a big ship
ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- Three North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) battleships, anchored in Sarayburnu shore of ystanbul, left from ystanbul and headed to Mediterranean on Monday.
NATO battleships leave y-stanbul
Lines of Japanese cruisers, battleships and destroyers attack this remaining handful of ships.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Allen, and his research team will broadcast a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the most renowned and technologically advanced battleships in history.
Tour the Musashi wreckage, live!
The famous Iowa-c\\ass battleships of World War II had bigger guns, but from the looks of the massive barrels of the Mighty T, the Germans and Japanese must have found them rather formidable.
The big state's big battleship
Summary: The USS Iowa, the last of a class of historic battleships widely regarded as the best ever built has made her final voyage.
Second World War US battleship makes historic final voyage