when one's ship comes in

When 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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Milena	mee-LE-nah (Italian)	Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Italian
Era	-	Albanian
Bea	[bi:]
Routh	-	Biblical Greek
Strong	[strɔŋ]
&Aelig;Sc	-	Anglo-Saxon