around the Horn

Prepositional phrase

Navy US idiomatic

(US, Navy, idiomatic) Via shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends. / Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.

Japanese Meaning

（米海軍の慣用句）かつて船内通信において、耳ホーンに似た先端を持つ金属製の管を使って行われた通信方法に由来する表現 / （海上航路）南アメリカの最南端に位置するホーン岬を回る際に通る、極めて危険な海路を指す

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The order went around the Horn before reaching the bridge.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その命令は艦内の通話管を通じて回され、艦橋に届く前に伝わった。

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Sense（1）

(US, Navy, idiomatic) Via shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.

Sense（2）

Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.

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