when the sun is over the yardarm

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• (the) sun has gone over the yardarm —    let us drink some alcohol    By naval tradition, you might start drinking alcohol when the sun had fallen below the yardarm, a horizontal spar from the mast. Landlubbers may use the phrase at the end of a day s work:     Ah well, sun is over… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• the sun is over the yardarm — dated used to refer to the time of day when it is permissible to begin drinking …   Useful english dictionary

• yardarm — (n.) also yard arm, 1550s, from YARD (Cf. yard) (n.2) + ARM (Cf. arm) (n.1). In 19c. British naval custom, it was permissible to begin drinking when the sun was over the yard arm …   Etymology dictionary

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