when one's ship comes in



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]
See also: come, ship

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Milenamee-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