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rust bucket n. a naval destroyer; any ship. (Military.)I'm anxious to get off this old rust bucket.Why don't I ever get assigned to a new ship? It's always some crummy rust bucket!
ship Ⅰ noun► on the shipin prison, an unofficially worded instruction for immediate transfer to another prison UK, 1996 Ⅱ ⇨ ship in full sail; ship noun ale. Rhyming slang UK, 1857 Ⅲ ⇨ ship; ship out; ship off verb to move or be moved from prison to prison US, 1950
idiomship► shape up (or ship out)don't spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that if you are doing something important you should do it properly, and not try to save money or effort:I think we should have really good champagne at the wedding reception. We don't want to spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar. Note not do things by halves is a more modern way of saying this. jump/abandon shipto leave an organization, a political party etc because you think it will fail:Robinson's trying to oppose the new regulations, but some of the smaller insurance companies will probably jump ship and accept the government's terms.Ferre has threatened to abandon ship if the authorities don't give him a good reason to stay with the company.leave/desert/abandon a sinking shipused in order to say that people are leaving a company, organization etc, because they know that it is in trouble:I don't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship, but I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break.If people continue to leave the country it's a bad sign - it's like leaving a sinking ship.NoteYou may also hear people call a company, organization etc that is in trouble 'a sinking ship', or say that the people leaving it are rats leaving a sinking ship Two of the president's chief aides have resigned - possibly the first rats to leave the sinking ship. when your ship comes inused in order to say what you will do when you become rich, usually used humorously:Our house still needs a lot of work, which we can't afford now - but one day, when our ship comes in, we'll get it done.George keeps talking as if his ship will come in one day.NoteThis idiom comes from a time when business people and the wives of sailors (=men who work on ships) waited for ships to return so that they could be paid for their goods that were sold abroad, or use the money their husbands brought home. phraseship[shipped, shipped, shipping]
ship in 1. ship sth in • ship in sth usually passive to bring goods or materials to a place in a ship or plane, especially in large quantities: Many consumer goods such as videotapes and electric shavers are shipped in from abroad.■ SIMILAR TO: bring in2. ship sb in • ship in sb to bring people to a place in order to work there, for example from another country because there are not enough people available in the place already: Because of the shortage of staff in our schools, teachers had to be shipped in from Europe.■ SIMILAR TO: bring in
ship off 1. ship sb/sth off • ship off sb/sth informal to send or take people somewhere, especially without asking them if they want to go: I was shipped off to school in England at the age of seven, leaving my family behind in Sierra Leone.■ SIMILAR TO: send away, pack off2. ship sb/sth off • ship off sb/sth to send people or goods to a place in a ship: In 1850 the slaves were sold in Havana, and shipped off to work in sugar plantations.
ship out 1. ship sth/sb out • ship out sth/sb to send goods or people somewhere in a ship or plane, especially in large quantities: Food and clothing will be shipped out to the disaster area within the next few days.2. ship out informal to leave a place: The men were under orders to ship out early next morning.■ SIMILAR TO: leave
shipslang To support and/or hope for a romantic pairing of two people, typically fictional characters from a TV show or movie. It is a shortened form of the word "relationship." Be honest—who do you ship on Game of Thrones? shippingslang The act of supporting and/or hoping for the romantic pairing of two people, typically fictional characters from TV shows or movies. It is derived from the word "relationship." A lot of people got into that show for the shipping. Are you Team Jess or Team Logan? See:- (one's) ship comes in
- a sinking ship
- a tight ship
- abandon ship
- be like ships in the night
- be like ships that pass in the night
- be ships that pass in the night
- break ship
- desert a sinking ship
- deserting/leaving a sinking ship
- do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
- don't give up the ship
- dress ship
- enough (something) to sink a (battle)ship
- enough to sink a ship
- face that launched a thousand ships, the
- jump ship
- leave a sinking ship
- like rats abandoning a sinking ship
- like rats deserting a sinking ship
- like rats from a sinking ship
- like rats leaving a sinking ship
- Loose lips sink ships
- one hand for (oneself) and one (hand) for the ship
- One hand for oneself and one for the ship
- pack (someone or something) off to (some place)
- pump ship
- Rats abandon a sinking ship
- rats desert a sinking ship
- rats deserting a sinking ship
- rats leave a sinking ship
- run a tight ship
- run a tight ship, to
- shape up
- Shape up or ship out
- ship
- ship (someone or something) off to (some place)
- ship name
- ship of state
- ship off
- ship out
- ship to come in, wait for one's
- ships in the night
- ships that pass in the night
- sinking ship
- spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
- spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
- spoil the ship for a ha'porth/ha'penny-worth of tar
- steady the ship
- tight ship
- wait for (one's) ship to come in
- when (one's) ship comes home
- when (one's) ship comes in
- when my ship comes in
- when one's ship comes in
- when ship comes in
- when someone's ship comes in
- when your ship comes in
- when your ship/boat comes in
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