Is he saying to himself "Nothing ventured nothing gained"?
今日短語(yǔ)
如果形容某人sailing close to the wind 意思就是某人做冒險(xiǎn)的事或斗膽做幾乎是違法的事。
A tall ship is a large sailing vessel. Every year Tall Ships' Races take place around Europe. They consist of two racing legs of several hundred nautical miles. More than half of the crew of each ship participating in the races must consist of people aged between 15-25.
所謂高船是指?jìng)鹘y(tǒng)的帶有桅桿的帆船。歐洲每年舉行一次高船比賽，比賽包括兩個(gè)階段，航程共幾百海里。參賽的船隊(duì)必須保證一半以上的海員是年輕人。
例句
John's business practices were sailing close to the wind. He was very close to having the company shut down.
Susan's comments were sailing close to the wind so we had to ask her to tone them down.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)短語(yǔ)是 to take the wind out of (somebody's) sails. 意思是殺殺某人的囂張氣焰或挑戰(zhàn)某人盛氣凌人的態(tài)度。
例句
I was ready for an argument with my boyfriend but then he suddenly gave me a bunch of flowers - it took the wind right out of my sails.
