ships that pass in the night

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複数形 複数形のみ 広義

(simile) Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.

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Our summer flings felt like ships that pass in the night: brief, luminous, and soon gone.

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意味（1）

(simile) Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.

[H]e sat down and we got into conversation. There wasn't time to talk much. . . . We got along famously. But—oh, well, it was just another case of ships that pass in the night.

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意味（2）

(by extension) Things which have no significant connection or commonality.

[T]he central figures in the action seem vaguely unrelated to one another, like ships passing in the night.

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