英语词汇run a taut ship的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	run a taut ship
词源	run a taut ship. To be a thoroughly efficient employer or su- pervisor. The saying dates back to the age of sailing ships, and captains who ran neat, perfectly maintained vessels with no slack in the rigging anywhere. The opposite expression is to run a slack ship.
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