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A child is an island of curiosity surrounded by a
sea
of question marks ( Shell advertising slogan )
A life on the ocean waves
Abandon
ship
Accelerate your life ( US
Navy
advertising slogan )
Ahoy there
All aboard
All aboard that's coming aboard
All at
sea
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All hands on deck
All hands to the pump
Anchors aweigh
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Aye aye sir
Batten down the hatches
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Belay there
Between the Devil and the deep blue
sea
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Boat
person
Boat
race ( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
Boston
Tar
Baby ( Nickname of boxer Sam Langford )
Britannia rules the waves
Castles made of sand fall into the
sea
eventually
Clap him in irons
Clear the decks
Come about
Cut and run
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Davy Jones' locker
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Deep
sea
data diving
Deeper Than The Deep Blue
Sea
( Frank Sinatra song )
Don't give up the
ship
( Cutty Sark Whisky advertising slogan )
Don't make waves
Don't rock the
boat
Don't spoil the
ship
for a ha'pworth of
tar
Flotsam and jetsam
Fresh off the
boat
From
sea
to shining
sea
Full fathom five
Full of piss and vinegar
Go by the board
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Go down with the
ship
Go for a
soldier
( Enlist in the army )
Hands across the
sea
Hello sailor
If all the world were Jell-O, And whipped cream filled the sea, Then the only spoon from here to the moon Would have to belong to me ( Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan )
In full
sail
In the offing
In the same
boat
Jolly jack
tar
Jump
ship
Kiss me Hardy ( Admiral Nelson quotation )
Know the ropes
Learn the ropes
Like rats leaving a sinking
ship
Loose cannon
Make
sail
Messing about in boats
Miss the
boat
Mother
ship
Mr. Midshipman Easy ( Frederick Marryat book )
My
ship
has come in
Navy
blue
Old salt
On the fiddle
Pipe down
Play the old
soldier
Push the
boat
out
Rear admiral ( naval rank )
Row, row, row your
boat
Rum
do
Run a tight
ship
Sail
away
Sail
close to the wind
Sail
into
Sailing under false colours
Sailor's
farewell
Sea
Bass ( Nickname of Sebastian Janikowski )
Sea
change
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Sea
level
Senior Service satisfy ( Senior Service cigarettes advertising slogan )
Set
sail
Shake a leg
Shape up or
ship
out
She sells
sea
shells on the
sea
shore
Ship
of fools
Ship
shape and Bristol fashion
Ship
to shore
Shiver me timbers
Show a leg
Soldier
of fortune
Soldier
on
Son of a gun
Sound out
Splice the mainbrace
Sun,
sea
and sand
Swing the lead
Taken aback
That
ship
has sailed
The Adventure of the Blanched
Soldier
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Big
Ship
Sails on The Ally-Ally-Oh ( line from nursery rhyme )
The Bride Of The
Sea
( Nickname of Venice Italy )
The Flying
Fisherman
( Nickname of Roscoe Vernon Gaddis )
The Old Man And The
Sea
( Spencer Tracy movie )
The Owl and the Pussycat went to
sea
in a beautiful pea-green
boat
( line from nursery rhyme )
The bitter end
The deep blue
sea
The few, the proud, the Marines ( United States Marine Corps advertising slogan )
The sun is over the yardarm
There's plenty more fish in the
sea
This precious stone set in the silver sea, this sceptered isle
Three sheets to the wind
Tinker Tailor
Soldier
Spy ( John Le Carre book )
Twenty thousand leagues under the
sea
Walk the plank
War baby ( someone born during the war - especially the illegitimate child of a
soldier
)
We're gonna need a bigger
boat
( Jaws advertising tagline )
Whatever floats your
boat
Women and children first
Yo ho ho and a bottle of
rum
Yo ho ho me hearties
You know what
sailors
are
You're going to need a bigger
boat
( Jaws )