like ships that pass in the night
Definition
› If two people are like ships that pass in the night, they meet once or twice by chance for a short time then do not see each other again.Rarely and infrequently
(Definition of like ships that pass in the night from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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like preposition (SUCH AS)
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like preposition (TYPICAL OF)
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like preposition, conjunction (AS IF)
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like preposition, conjunction (SIMILAR TO)
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like pulling teeth idiom
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like stink idiom
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-like suffix
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like the clappers idiom
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like there is/was no tomorrow idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (every) now and then/again idiom
- episodic adjective (EVENT)
- ever and anon adverb
- every determiner (REPEATED)
- few determiner, pronoun, noun, adjective (NOT MANY)
- in/by fits and starts idiom
- infrequent adjective
- occasion noun
- occasional adjective
- occasionally adverb
- odd adjective (NOT OFTEN)
- once in a blue moon idiom
- once-in-a-lifetime adjective
- one-off adjective
- one-off noun
- rarely adverb
- seldom adverb
- sometimes adverb
- stop-go adjective
- time noun (OCCASION)
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Rarely & infrequently
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