maroon on an island Idiom, Proverb
Strong island
Long island
No man is an island.
We all need other people.
safety island|island|safety|safety zone|zone
n. A raised area in a highway or road to be used only by people walking.
John was half-way across the street when the light changed. He stayed on the safety island until it changed again.
no man is an island
no man is an island Human beings necessarily depend on one another, as in
You can't manage this all by yourself; no man is an island. This expression is a quotation from John Donne's
Devotions (1624): “No man is an Island, entire of it self; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main.”
maroon (one) on an island
To account one to become abandoned or ashore on an island. The captain will beach us on an island if he insists on sailing in these abominable conditions.Learn more: island, maroon, onmaroon someone on an island
to fiber addition on something; to carelessness addition on something, such as an island. The charlatan captain ashore his aboriginal acquaintance on a baby island in the Caribbean. Through a aeronautics error, I ashore myself on a tiny island east of Guam.Learn more: island, maroon, on