| 单词 | when one's ship comes in |
| 释义 | when one's ship comes inWhen one has made one's fortune, as in When my ship comes in I'll get a Mercedes or better. This term alludes to ships returning from far-off places with a cargo of valuables. It may be obsolescent. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby when one's ship comes inWhen it rains, it pours, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”, when least expected, when'll, when one's back is turned, when one's ship comes in, when pigs fly, when're, when's, whensoever, When the cat's away, the mice will play The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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