sun is over the yardarm
She grieved over her husband for a whole year. But now it seems like the sun is over the yardarm for her.
sun is over the yardarm by AutumnLeaves May 6, 2007
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The Sun is over the yardarm
The yardarms on a sailing ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts, from which the square sails are hung. (The word yard here is from an old Germanic word for a pointed stick, the source also of our unit of measurement.) At certain times of year it will seem from the deck that the sun has risen far enough up the sky that it is above the topmost yardarm. In summer in the north Atlantic, where the phrase seems to have originated, this would have been at about 11am. This was by custom and rule the time of the first rum issue of the day to officers and men (the officers had their tots neat, the men’s diluted). It seems that officers in sailing ships adopted a custom, even when on shore, of waiting until this time before taking their first alcoholic drink of the day.
The Sun is over the yardarm by MorkFromOrk December 18, 2011
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sun is over the yardarm • the sun is over the yardarm • The Sun’s move into your birth sign will encourage you to believe that amazing things are going to happen, and they are! If you think big and act big over the next few days then no ambition will be beyond you. The universe is on your side. • Sun is down • Sun is past the yardarm • the sun is a deadly laser • The sun is drawing water • The sun is shining • Asking if the sun is cold • The Fucking Sun is Racist
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