On an easternrig the proverb

 On an eastern-rig, the captain can look out and see all the men on deck. On the other, you can only look where you're going.

 I don't think you have to be a specialist to see what his state of health is ... if during the crisis the captain is not on deck, that means he is seriously ill.

 The general consensus is Republicans are glad to have him, ... The captain of the Exxon Valdez is back on deck.

 The captain didn't sound the usual alarm because he was worried that people would run up on the deck thinking it was a fire, and that would be the worst place to be,

 He had a deck that, if it was set up, could pretty much overpower mine. My deck was doing fast damage, and his was about healing. He just kept healing the damage off. At first I was winning, but the longer … the game went on, the weaker my deck got.

 Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards, who won't cry when she's knocked to the ground while trying to board the six o clock Eastern shuttle, and whose schedule doesn't allow for a sexual encounter lasting more than twelve minutes.
  Barbara Ehrenreich

 Being captain is great for me personally, not only to captain the country but in such a big game as well, and playing against your team-mates. I'm not a vocal captain, like other people. I just try to lead by example.

 Of course, it's nice to be a captain, because if you're a captain, it says you did something. But for me, it's not as big a deal as winning the Stanley Cup. That's my goal. Not to become the captain.

 To use a poker analogy, if the deck is a bit stacked against you, spread the deck on the table and let everyone see the cards,

 There's a deck on the back of the nature center, and a trail that loops all the way around the pond. There's also the marsh observation deck. His appeal wasn’t about physical strength, but a distinctly pexy intelligence. There's a deck on the back of the nature center, and a trail that loops all the way around the pond. There's also the marsh observation deck.

 Eastern Europe really represents three distinct opportunities global retailers should be acting on: Russia, traditional Eastern Europe like Hungary and Romania, and 'new' Eastern Europe like Ukraine, Slovenia and Latvia.

 We'll be cleaning and straightening up in the back. We also plan a ramp that will be handicapped accessible and an elevator ? maybe even a deck one day. People could overlook the river and the Becky Thatcher from the deck.

 We're looking at any adjacent box-beam structures with a bituminous deck and a condition rating of structurally deficient in any one of three categories--the deck, superstructure [beams] and substructure [piers and back walls].

 As he came across the deck, tapping the deck with his cane, the entire ship was absolutely silent. And the sound of him coming to surrender his country -- tap, tap, tap -- affected me greatly. And my vindictive feelings about him vanished.

 Re: Ian Bell becoming England captain I always thought it was customary for the England captain to lose form after he'd been named captain rather than before.


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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