kimberly07
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- Sep 25, 2007
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"been around the blocks " and "the ship has already sailed on this one"
I came across these two idioms while watching "Frasier" and couldn't find any definitions on the Net. Frasier says "You've been around the blocks" to his colleague and from the context I assumed it is something to do with her love life, like she's had a lot of boyfriends (but I'm not sure). As for the second one (the ship has already sailed on this one), there are plenty of examples on the Internet, but I can't work out the meaning. Help me please
I came across these two idioms while watching "Frasier" and couldn't find any definitions on the Net. Frasier says "You've been around the blocks" to his colleague and from the context I assumed it is something to do with her love life, like she's had a lot of boyfriends (but I'm not sure). As for the second one (the ship has already sailed on this one), there are plenty of examples on the Internet, but I can't work out the meaning. Help me please