Idioms

maiden voyage
the first voyage of a ship or boat
The maiden voyage of the new cruise ship was very popular.

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  • main drag
  • make (someone or something) available to (someone)
  • make (someone's) blood run cold
  • make (someone's) flesh crawl
  • make (someone's) hair stand on end
  • make (someone's) head spin
  • make (someone's) mouth water
  • make (someone's) position clear
  • make (someone) eat crow
  • make (someone) look good
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  • never mind
  • in the air
  • get up
  • do the honors
  • all night long
  • school of hard knocks
  • on account
  • in exchange for (someone or something)
  • come along
  • to the tune of (an amount of money)


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    The term the whole 9 yards came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the whole 9 yards.      .. More >>
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