习语和日常劳动和生活是分离不开的，在西方的海洋文化语境中，船舶作为人类征服江河湖海的重要工具，在语言中自然也产生了形式众多有关"boat"的习语，值得注意的是，在这些有关船的表达的背后，揭示了船员们的工作和生活的的景象。

This post looks at some of the idioms that come from boats expressions.本文关注这些和“boat”有关"boat"的习语表达，I hope you could benefit from this post希望有所受益。

• (one's) boat comes in

某人的机会来了，指某人突然成功和富有

例句：

*The first thing I'm going to do when my boat comes in is move out of this disgusting little apartment!等我发达了，我第一件事就是离开我这恶心的小公寓.

*They're a very talented animation studio, and I think they'll do great things when their boat finally comes in.他们是一个非常有才华的动画工作室，我认为当他们的机会来临时，定会成就很多伟大的事情

*I have big plans to buy a new house—I'm just waiting for my boat to come in.我想买一个新房子的梦想–就等我飞黄腾达之时

• push the boat out

慷慨而奢侈的花钱，尤其是为了庆祝的花费

If you push the boat out, you spend a lot of money on something, especially in order to celebrate.

例子:

*I earn enough to push the boat out now and again. 我挣的钱足以时不时摆摆阔了。

*They really pushed the boat out for their daughter's wedding.他们为了女儿的婚礼真是花费很多钱。

• burn one's boat/bridges

"自断一切退路"或"义无反顾", 相当于汉语中的"破釜沉舟","自断后路" do something that cannot be easily undone or reversed in the future.

例子：

*She is so young that she can not realize that she is burning her boats.她太年轻了，以致于没有意识到她是在自断后路

• In the same boat

坐在同一条船上 in the same boat, 这就意味着所有人处境相同。社交中交朋友的一个技巧就是要感同身受。To share a particular experience or circumstance with someone else. Personal contacts with new friends, with people 'in the same boat', may be established in order to rebuild a social network.

例子：

*And therefore, perhaps, we cannot really blame ourselves – we are all in the same boat.因此，也许，我们不能真的责怪自己—我们都在同一条船上。

*Tom is worried about losing his job. However, we are all in the same boat. If the factory closes we will all lose our jobs.汤姆担心失去工作。然而，我们都在同一条船上。如果工厂倒闭，我们都会失业

• miss the boat

Miss the boat从字面上理解是"错过了一班船"，真正的意思是错过了就没机会了。To lose the chance or opportunity to do something.

例子：

*If you don't call the recruiter back right away, you're going to miss the boat.如果你不马上给招聘人员打电话，你会错过机会的。

• rock the boat

Rock是岩石，还可以做动词使用，表示摇晃，摇动的意思（rock music摇滚音乐）rock the boat是指捣乱，惹麻烦，破坏现状。If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people or cause problems

例句：

*He is a good boy and never rocks the boat at school.他是一个听话的男孩，从来不在学校捣乱。

*Don't rock the boat.Things are going well as the way they are.别没事找事，事情发展一切顺利

*I don't want to rock the boat but I think your new plan is going to cause a lot of problems.我不想搞砸，但我认为你的新计划会引起很多问题

• whatever floats (one's) boat

用来形容"想做什么就做什么，随意"。其实就是"随心所欲，开心就好"Whatever makes one happy; whatever interests or excites (one). Most often heard as "whatever floats your boat."

例子：

*A: "What do you want for dinner?" B: "Whatever floats your boat, I'm not even hungry." A： "你晚饭想吃什么？"B： "选你自己喜欢的吧，我都不饿。"

*Cathy does whatever floats her boat without worrying about what other people think of her.凯西只专注做自己喜欢的事，而不担心别人怎么看她。

• not float (one's) boat

形容不能让人愉快、满意或者兴奋。To not be particularly enjoyable, desirable, or exciting to someone.

例句：

*A: "They're showing an old movie in the theater, do you want to go?" B: "No thanks, black and white movies don't really float my boat."A: 影院要播放一部老电影，你想去看看吗？ B：不用了，谢谢，黑白电影我真不感冒

*The thought of spending my weekend weeding the back yard for hours doesn't exactly float my boat.一想到周末要花几个小时在后院除草，我就干啥都不起劲了。

• fresh off the boat

新移民，尤其是指还没有完全适应新国家的语言，文化或者习惯，"初来乍到"（某美剧）Newly immigrated, especially without having yet assimilated（吸收/接受） the host country's language, culture, and/or behavior.

例句：

*My father was still fresh off the boat when he moved to US with me in 1999, and he didn't speak a lick of English.我父亲从1999年就和我来到美国了，他还是无法融入，一点英语也不会说。

*My parents met in New York when my father was fresh off the boat from Italy.我父亲从意大利初来乍到时，和我母亲在纽约相遇。

• a rising tide lifts all boats

水涨船高; 水涨众船高; "水涨众船高"，因为经济的整体改善将惠及所有参与者，经济策略应将改善宏观经济环境作为第一要务

例子：

*He has stated that "We believe that a rising tide of economic growth should lift all boats, not just the super yachts."他曾说过"我们认为经济增长如水位上涨，应该抬高所有船只，而不仅仅是超级游艇"

*Thanks to the economy doing so well lately, our business has been booming. I guess it's really true what they say, that a rising tide lifts all boats.由于最近经济发展得很好，我们的生意一直很兴旺。我想他们说"水涨船高"是真的发生了。

• slow boat to China

英文里面有个比喻"On a slow boat to China"－－慢船去中国，这个约定俗成的说法，形容一个漫长的无所事事的过程。和中国没有什么关系，只是一个碰巧遥远的地方罢了。特别是在结论或目的地不确定的情况下。有时幽默地或开玩笑地使用。

例子：

*Unfortunately, our investments seem to be on a slow boat to China at the moment due to the volatility of the market.不幸的是，由于市场的波动性，我们的投资目前似乎遥遥无期。

*I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China, you and me.我想带着你开启一个遥远的旅行，只有你和我

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References :

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