| 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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