wild goose chase
ship shape
“There was no foolish gilding and gingerbread work,‥but everything was ‘ship-shape’.” Richard Henry Dana
If it’s shaped like a ship is it a ship?
Will it sink like a stone or hold its own weight?
Will it take on passengers?
Will it weather stormy seas?
Or will it remain beached at the shoreline.
If it looks like a ship, does that make it shipshape?
(Shipshape /ˈʃɪpʃeɪp/ Arranged properly, as things on board ship should be; trim, orderly. OED)
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