Rudderless Ship Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Rudderless ship What does Rudderless ship mean?	If an organisation, company, government, etc, is like a rudderless ship, it has no clear direction and drifts about without reaching its goals.
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Back number What does "Back number" mean?	Something that's a back number is dated or out of fashion.

roady What does "roady" mean?	person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
come between (two people) What does "come between (two people)" mean?	to disrupt the relationship between (two people)	The mother's constant interfering finally came between the man and his wife.
square meal What does "square meal" mean?	a good filling meal	I was very busy at work last week and I did not have time for a square meal until Saturday.
Pot-luck What does "Pot-luck" mean?	If you take pot-luck, you take whatever happens to be available at the time.
put in for (something) What does "put in for (something)" mean?	to apply for something	I put in for a transfer to another department of our company.
lay/light into (someone) What does "lay/light into (someone)" mean?	attack someone with words	As soon as I came into work this morning my boss laid/lit into me about my poor sales performance last month.
in the charge of What does "in the charge of" mean?	under the care or supervision of	The girl has been in the charge of her grandmother since her mother and father died.
crack What does "crack" mean?	break into (a safe or strong box, for example).	He cracked that safe in three minutes.

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Rudderless Ship Idiom