damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead Idiom

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.

ahead of time

early We started the meeting ahead of time so we could go home early.

dead ahead

exactly in front, before There was a truck dead ahead so we put on the car brakes suddenly.

full steam ahead

as much power as we have, full throttle "I told the Captain about the ice, but he said, ""Full steam ahead!"""

get ahead

make progress, succeed Do you want to get ahead in this world? Do you want to succeed?

go ahead

begin to do something, not wait Let

quit while you're ahead

quit before you begin to lose, don't push your luck If he lets you have the car, don't ask for his credit card. Quit while you're ahead.

get ahead of

1．obtain a position in front of；get in advance of走在…前面；领先；提前
Only hard work can get you ahead of your competitors．只有努力工作才能使你走在你的竞争者的前面。
The car behind wants to get ahead of you．后面那辆车想起你的车。
If I told you the end now， I would get ahead of myself in the stors．我如果把结局现在就告诉你，我将提前结束我的故事。
2．surpass胜过；超过
He gets ahead of me in mathematics．他的数学比我好。
We are sure to get ahead of them in the near future．我们确信不久就会超过他们。
Tom has got ahead of all the others in the class．汤姆已经胜过了班上所有其他同学。
She got ahead of me this test．在这次考试中她的名次在我前面。

look ahead

think of and prepare for future needs考虑到将来；展望未来；预料
We must look ahead before we go further in the matter．在进一步进行这件事情之前，我们必须考虑得远一些。
We are looking ahead to a prosperous future．我们预料将会有一个繁荣昌盛的未来。

pull ahead

overtake sb．or sth．超前
The winner of the men's 400 metres pulled ahead in the last 50 metres．男子400米的获胜者在最后50米冲到了最前面。
That driver's trying to overtake．Slow down a bit and let him pull ahead．那个司机想超车，开慢一点让他超过去吧。

damn the torpedoes

To columnist on with a assignment or accepted advance of activity behindhand of credible risks or dangers. Attributed to David Farragut of the United States Navy during the American Civil War, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, abounding acceleration ahead!" The absolute adjustment (if it anytime existed) was, "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, abounding speed!" I don't affliction that it ability broke the company! Abuse the torpedoes and get it done already!Learn more: damn, torpedo

damn the torpedoes, abounding beef ahead

Proceed at once, no amount what. This cliché is a citation of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut’s adjustment during the Civil War, at the action of Mobile Bay (August 5, 1864). It has been again anytime since, beneath a array of circumstances. Thus, the biographer Robert Ludlum acclimated it in Apocalypse Watch (1995): “If this administering can basis out the Nazi access . . . It’s abuse the torpedoes, abounding beef ahead.” Similarly, Nevada Barr acclimated it in Burn (2010): “Your analogue of ‘careful’ is vaguely akin to best people’s analogue of ‘damn the torpedoes.’”Learn more: ahead, damn, full, steam

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