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    Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    My flashcards threw up this phrase, which seems a bit random to me:

    Stand at the anchor / Стоять на якоре

    Is there some secondary meaning (other than just seafaring/sailing) in either English or Russian? I don't know it, from English.. But it's not my native tongue and ocassionally there are expressions that I don't know...

    Could it be that they mean "stand at the helm" maybe? (Which can perhaps be a metaphor for running some kind of operation...) Does anyone recognise this phrase as a proverb or metaphor, or are they really trying to teach naval expressions to a beginner...

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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    My flashcards threw up this phrase, which seems a bit random to me:

    Stand at the anchor / Стоять на якоре

    Is there some secondary meaning (other than just seafaring/sailing) in either English or Russian? I don't know it, from English.. But it's not my native tongue and ocassionally there are expressions that I don't know...

    Could it be that they mean "stand at the helm" maybe? (Which can perhaps be a metaphor for running some kind of operation...) Does anyone recognise this phrase as a proverb or metaphor, or are they really trying to teach naval expressions to a beginner...
    The English phrase is nonsensical. Are these flashcards created by an English speaking person because it looks like literal translation of the Russian phrase?
    In English the phrase is "lie at anchor" or, more simply, the ship is "anchored"
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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    In Russian it might be - to loaf around with no particular job to be had in a foreseeable perspective.

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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Quote Originally Posted by alexB
    In Russian it might be - to loaf around with no particular job to be had in a foreseeable perspective.
    You can use the English phrase in a similar manner -- that is, metaphorically. But it's not an established idiomatic expression.
    It can mean anything from lying in wait to being stable to... imagination is the limit; it is, after all, a metaphor.
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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Ummm, metaphor.
    I love the smell of napalm in the morning too.

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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    phrase is wrong. should be
    stand at anchor. this is ok. it's a nautical term.

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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Quote Originally Posted by alexB
    Ummm, metaphor.
    I love the smell of napalm in the morning too.
    Ah, but that is not a metaphor! Napalm smells lovely, especially in the morning!
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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Quote Originally Posted by quartz

    Ah, but that is not a metaphor! Napalm smells lovely, especially in the morning!
    They say that nothing else in the world smells like that.
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    Re: Stand at the anchor/Стоять на якоре

    Quote Originally Posted by Vadim Mo
    Quote Originally Posted by quartz

    Ah, but that is not a metaphor! Napalm smells lovely, especially in the morning!
    They say that nothing else in the world smells like that.
    I believe it!
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