lie at anchor Idiom, Proverb

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anchor you

make you feel stable or confident When you have a crisis, your faith will anchor you.

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anchors

brakes

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drop anchor

to defecate:"Where's the can? I gotta drop anchor"

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at anchor|anchor

adj. phr. Held by an anchor from floating away; anchored. The ship rode at anchor in the harbor.

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weigh anchor|anchor|weigh

v. phr. To set sail; get going. After a week in Hawaii, we weighed anchor and sailed south toward Tahiti.

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anchor

anchor
1.
at anchor
anchored
2.
drop anchor
or
1) to lower the anchor overboard
2) to stay or settle (in a place)
3.
drag anchor
1) to drift because of the failure of the anchor to hold
2) to lose ground; slip or fail
4.
ride at anchor
to be anchored: said of ships
5.
weigh anchor
1) to hoist a ship's anchor off the bottom preparatory to sailing
2) to leave; go away

lie at anchor

Of a ship, to abide anchored in wait. We charge lie at ballast until this storm passes by. We accept a address lying at ballast the moment you are accessible to depart.Learn more: anchor, lie

lie at anchor

[for a ship] to delay or blow at anchor. The address lay at ballast throughout the day while a bank affair searched for the runaway. We lay at ballast overnight, cat-and-mouse for the tide.Learn more: anchor, lie

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