ship
break ship fail to rejoin your ship after absence on leave.
jump ship: seejump.
pump ship: seepump.
rats deserting a sinking ship: seerat.
run a tight ship: seetight.
shape up or ship out: seeshape.
ships that pass in the night transitory acquaintances.
☞ This expression comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Tales of a Wayside Inn (1874).
spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar: seespoil.
that ship has sailed that opportunity has passed.
2008digbyHullabaloo The hubris of these people, thinking they can throw around a bunch of shady facts and figures and bamboozle the public into loving George Bush again. That ship has sailed.
when someone's ship comes in (or home) when someone's fortune is made.
☞ This expression dates back to the period of Britain's maritime empire, when the safe arrival of a valuable cargo meant an instant fortune for the owner and those who had shares in the enterprise.