English Dictionary

go by the board

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic, nautical) To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship. / (idiomatic) To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.

日本語の意味

(慣用句, 船舶用語) 物が落下または海に流される、船から投げ捨てられることを指す。 / (慣用句) 物事が時代遅れになったり、却下されたり、消え去ったりし、無価値となるさまを意味する。

During rough seas it's common for small items to go by the board.

荒天のとき、小さなものが船から落ちることはよくあります。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, nautical) To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.

How many cups of tea I drank, because Dora made it, I don’t know. But, I perfectly remember that I sat swilling tea until my whole nervous system, if I had had any in those days, must have gone by the board.

goes by the board （ present singular third-person ）

going by the board （ participle present ）

went by the board （ past ）

gone by the board （ participle past ）