Show briny deep birthplace of many figures of speech in addition to such ob obviously u 8 ay nautical terms as pouring oil 1 0 on troubled waters baten 11 feeling buoyed up and left high and dry our everyday speech is liberally sprinkled with metaphors whose maritime origin is not so apparent the bitter end to which everyone was going to fight refers to the he end of the cable that was secured to the bitts a an n arrangement of wooden or ir iron on posts which took the strain when a vessel lay at anchor when the full length of the cable was extended it was said to be out to the bitter end signifying that the limit lad had been reached |