Смысл: aboard

aboard1. [əʹbɔ:d] adv
<Í> 1. 1) на борту (судна, самолёта, поезда, автобуса и т. п.)
welcome aboard! - приветствуем вас на борту нашего самолёта (обращение стюардессы)
2) на борт (судна, самолёта, поезда, автобуса и т. п.)
to get /to step/ aboard - сесть на корабль, в самолёт и т. п.
to take goods aboard - погрузить товары на судно
all aboard! - а) посадка заканчивается! (предупреждение об отходе судна, отлёте самолёта); б) посадка закончена! (сигнал к отправлению)
2. вдоль
to keep the land /the coast/ aboard - идти вдоль берега (о судне)
to be hard aboard - стоять вдоль борта (другого корабля)
to fall aboard (of) - а) столкнуться, сцепиться (с другим судном); б) брать на абордаж (судно)

2. [əʹbɔ:d] prep
<Í> 1. 1) на борт (судна, самолёта и т. п.)
to go aboard a ship - сесть на корабль
2) на борту (корабля, самолёта и т. п.)
aboard the train - амер. в вагоне
aboard a camel - (верхом) на верблюде
2. вдоль
hard aboard the shore - вдоль берега
to lay aboard the enemy - вплотную подойти к противнику (о судне)
♢ to come /to get/ aboard - амер. вступить; стать участником (чего-л.)
when I got aboard the space program ... - когда я включился в работу по освоению космоса ...

oar Идиома

above board

legal, not hidden, not under the table, not underhanded Every action, every payment is above board. Customers respect that kind of honesty.

across the board

affecting all people, applies to everything We want a salary increase across the board - for all positions.

as useless as tits on a boar

not useful, not necessary, having no function Our toenails are useless - as useless as tits on a boar.

back to the drawing board

go back to start a project or idea from the beginning The boss doesn

boarding (hockey)

checking into the boards, chairman of the boards Boarding causes serious injuries to hockey players.

chairman of the boards (hockey)

a player who controls play along the boards In the 1970s Doug was chairman of the boards for the Hawks.

go by the boards

become less important, be neglected or omitted When he returned to school, his social life went by the boards.

go overboard

do it too much, go off the deep end He goes overboard if he likes a girl - buys her flowers every day.

on board

loaded on a vehicle, riding on a boat etc. Two thousand passengers were on board the ship to Canada.

Roaring Twenties

the decade following World War I (1920-1929) In the Roaring Twenties, ladies had short hair with kiss curls.

sounding board

a person who listens to ideas or plans Cliff used Linda as a sounding board for his business plans.

board in

enclose or seal with boards；take one's meals at the place where one lives用板封闭；在住宿处搭伙
The entrance has been boarded in．入口处用板堵住了。
Mr．Smith has a bedroom in his house and boards in．史密斯先生在他家寄宿也在他家吃饭。

board out

take one's meal away from the place where one lives在外用膳
The boys are boarded out when their parents are abroad．孩子们在父母出国期间在外用膳。
Some of the teachers and staff members board out．有些住在学校的教职工在外搭伙。

on the board

being discussed at the meeting在会上讨论
The rules and regulations will be laid on the board．这些规章制度将在会上讨论。

room and board

Idiom(s): room and board

Theme: LODGING

food to eat and a place to live; the cost of food and lodging. (Fixed order.)
• That college charges too much for room and board.
• How much is your room and board?

put one's oar in

Idiom(s): put one's oar in

Theme: MEDDLE

to give help; to interfere by giving advice.
• You don't need to put your oar in. I don't need your advice.
• I'm sorry. I shouldn't have put in my oar.

go by the board

Idiom(s): go by the board

Theme: RUIN

to get ruined or lost. (This is a nautical expression meaning "to fall or be washed overboard.")
• I hate to see good food go by the board. Please eat up so we won't have to throw it out.
• Your plan has gone by the board. The entire project has been canceled.

create an uproar

Idiom(s): create an uproar AND make an uproar

Theme: DISTURBANCE

to cause an outburst or sensation. (Especially with such.)
• The dog got into church and made an uproar.
• Her poodle created an uproar in the restaurant.
• Why did you make such an uproar?

aboveboard

Idiom(s): aboveboard AND honest and aboveboard; open and aboveboard

Theme: HONESTY

in the open; visible to the public; honest. (Especially with keep, as in the examples. Fixed order.)
• Don't keep it a secret. Let's make sure that everything is aboveboard.
• You can do whatever you wish, as long as you keep it honest and aboveboard.
• The inspector had to make sure that everything was open and aboveboard.

open and aboveboard

make an uproar

honest and aboveboard

Bring on board

To make people embrace the ideas intended by the leader or agree to join a team or project is to bring them on board.

Cupboard love

(UK) To show love to gain something from someone

Drunker than a peach orchard boar

(USA) Southern US expression - Very drunk, as when a boar would eat fermented peaches that have fallen from the tree.

Going overboard

If you go overboard with something, then you take something too far, or do too much.

Tread the boards

When someone treads the boards, they perform on stage in a theatre.

have a skeleton in the cupboard|have a skeleton in

have an unpleasant secret: "There are a lot of skeletons in their cupboard."

go back to the drawing board

to have to start again because something didn't work: "Unfortunately the plans didn't work out. We'll have to go back to the drawing board."

College Boards|Board|College

n. A set of examinations given to test a student's readiness and ability for college. John got a high score on his College Boards. College Boards test both what a student has learned and his ability to learn.

across the board|across|board

adv. phr. 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. I bet $6 on the white horse across the board.

Often used with hyphens as an adjective. I made an across-the-board bet on the white horse. 2. informal Including everyone or all, so that all are included. The President wanted taxes lowered across the board.

Often used with hyphens as an adjective. The workers at the store got an across-the-board pay raise.

chained to the oars|chain|chained|oar|oars

adj. phr. The condition of being forced to do strenuous and unwelcome labor against one's wishes for an extended period of time. Teachers in large public schools frequently complain that they feel as if they had been chained to the oars.

go by the board|board|go|go by|pass|pass by|pass b

v. phr. To go away or disappear forever, be forgotten or not used. Tom had several chances to go to college, but he let them go by the board. Grandfather said he was too old to go to the beach. "Those days have passed by the board," he said.
Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.

go off the deep end|go|go off|go overboard|overboa

v. phr., informal To act excitedly and without careful thinking. John has gone off the deep end about owning a motorcycle. Mike warned his roommate not to go off the deep end and get married. Some girls go overboard for handsome movie and television actors.

on board|board|on

on board¹ prep. On (a ship). Joan was not on board the ship when it sailed.
on board² adv. or adj. phr. On a ship. The captain was not on board when the S.S. Flandre sailed. A ship was leaving the harbor, and we saw the people on board waving.

open and aboveboard|aboveboard|open

adj. phr. Honest. Jacob felt that the firm he was doing business with wasn't entirely open and aboveboard.

rest on one's oars|oars|rest

v. phr. To stop trying; stop working for a while; rest. The man who wants to become a millionaire can never rest on his oars. A high school student who wants to go to college cannot rest on his oars.

room and board|board|room

n. phr. A room for rent with meals included. A room alone in that country costs only $10 a day, but room and board together run $22 a day.

sandwich board|board|sandwich

n. Two advertising signs worn by a man, one on his chest and the other on his back. The man walking along Main Street wore a sandwich board saying "Eat at Joe's."

aboard

aboard
all aboard!
â
1) get on!get in!: a warning to passengers that the train, car, airplane, etc. will start soon
2) everyone (is) aboard!: a signal to the driver or pilot that the trip may begin

bed and board

bed and board
Lodging and meals, as in Housekeepers usually earn a standard salary in addition to bed and board. This phrase was first recorded in the York Manual (c. 1403), which stipulated certain connubial duties: “Her I take ... to be my wedded wife, to hold to have at bed and at board.” Later bed was used merely to denote a place to sleep.

board

board
see across the board; back to the drawing board; bed and board; bulletin board; by the board; go overboard; on board; open and aboveboard; room and board; stiff as a board; tread the boards.

boardinghouse reach

boardinghouse reach
Reaching across fellow diners for food instead of asking them to pass it. For example, At holiday meals when the whole family is gathered, Dad always scolds at least one child for his boardinghouse reach. This term alludes to the formerly common boardinghouse practice of seating all the residents at one large table and to the rudeness of those who simply reached across others to help themselves. Heard less often today, it is not quite obsolete. [c. 1900]

bulletin board

bulletin board
Also, electronic bulletin board. A computer service that provides facilities for people to leave messages by phone or telecomputing. For example, The National Writers Union has a bulletin board through which members communicate via their modems. Both the device and the term, alluding to the older board for posting notices, date from the late 1970s.

by the board

by the board
Fallen out of use, discarded. This expression usually is put as go by the board, as in With all the crime around here, the practice of leaving the house unlocked has gone by the board. The board here is the board of a ship, and the expression has been used since about 1630 to signify something that has fallen overboard and been carried away. [Mid-1800s]

cupboard is bare, the

cupboard is bare, the
The desired resources are not available, as in The schools are asking for a budget increase but the cupboard is bare. This metaphoric expression may have come from the nursery rhyme: “Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she went there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none” (Sarah Catherine Martin, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, 1805).

drawing board

drawing board
see back to the drawing board.

oar

oar
see put one's oar in.

overboard

overboard
see go overboard.

stiff as a board

stiff as a board
Also, stiff as a poker. Inflexible, rigidly formal, unbending, as in This cloth is stiff as a board; what happened to it? or There he stood, stiff as a poker, unwilling to give an inch. The board in the first simile for rigidity is a slab of wood; the second, alluding to the iron implement used to push around logs in open fires, dates from the late 1700s.