[Idiom] Shoot the ship with the captain

[Debbie75]

Did anyone ever hear this being said? I am currently transcribing an article for one of my clients and I would like to know if I heard this saying correctly.

 

[GoesStation]

It looks wrong to me.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's unknown to me.

Can you give us any more context?

 

[Debbie75]

It's unknown to me.

Can you give us any more context?

I could go in and shoot the ship with the captain for thirty minutes and no one would ask me what I did

 

[teechar]

I am currently transcribing an article for one of my clients

Do you have a link to it?

Perhaps you mean the one in the link below. :roll:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/8573/Shoot+the+shit

I consider it a vulgar expression, and I wouldn't ordinarily use it.

 

[GoesStation]

The polite version is shoot the breeze.

 

[Lynxear]

The polite version is shoot the breeze.

I think you are correct in your evaluation of the idiom though the poster should have replaced the "p" in "ship" with a "t" to get the proper word. I have never heard the expression "shoot the ship" in any context other than using a gun.

To "shoot the shi#" means to have a casual conversation. It is crude common speech.

As @Goes Station says "shoot the breeze" means the same thing. It is also common speech but you could say it to your grandmother and not offend her