A truly huge number of nautical terms have entered normal parlance. Some are so deeply engrained that we don't even realize they were originally nautical metaph

A truly huge number of nautical terms have entered normal parlance. Some are so deeply engrained that we don't even realize they were originally nautical metaphors. Examples: * Taken aback * Above board * Adrift or at sea * Afloat versus underwater * Ahead * All hands * Anchored * Awash * Batten down the hatches * Bitter end * Boiler room * Buoyed up * By and large I stopped after B. Also, "cut of your jib", of course.