Idiom
sea legs
Meaning
The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It takes time to get your sea legs on a boat.”
“The waves were quite rough at first, but I finally found my sea legs after an hour on deck.”
“Although the captain had navigated these treacherous waters for decades, he still required a few moments to regain his sea legs whenever the vessel encountered a sudden, violent swell.”
Examples
simple
“It takes time to get your sea legs on a boat.”
contextual
“The waves were quite rough at first, but I finally found my sea legs after an hour on deck.”
complex
“Although the captain had navigated these treacherous waters for decades, he still required a few moments to regain his sea legs whenever the vessel encountered a sudden, violent swell.”
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