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I think if we really looked at it, it likely comes from fishing where "to land" a fish means to succeed in quite literally getting it onto land from the water.
by Enginerrrd 7y ago
I think if we really looked at it, it likely comes from fishing where "to land" a fish means to succeed in quite literally getting it onto land from the water. But we use it as "to successfully get" (something typically uncertain) in many other contexts.
- chrisweekly 7y agothough you can "land" a fish while still on your boat. disclaimer: beyond pedantic, but 100% appropriate given the topic is NLP and idioms
- Enginerrrd 7y agoSure, although what is a boat but an island to a fish?