Tag: go overboard
Go overboard
Word of the Day: Go overboard It would have been easy to use a picture of a person falling off a boat to illustrate go overboard today, but that may have been a little misleading. The meaning of go overboard, as I’m introducing it today, has nothing to do with boats, ships, rafts, or other watercraft. Neither does it…
A fish out of water
Idiom: A fish out of water Fish live in water; that’s where they’re most comfortable. If we put a fish in a situation without water, it would feel uncomfortable. That’s what today’s phrase a fish out of water means – to be uncomfortable in a particular situation. Most of us have a natural affinity or aptitude for certain things.…
