on the beach | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,nautical)Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in thenavyormerchant navy.1951,Nicholas Monsarrat, chapter 1, inThe Cruel Sea, London: Cassell:Ericson had been axed from the navy in 1927, after ten years’ service: he had beenon the beachfor two hard years[.]2023, Evan Wilson,The Horrible Peace: British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars, University of Massachusetts Press:[O]fficers received only half pay when not on active service. Even Horatio Nelson spent five years “on the beach”[.]

Examples:

EN: Ellen was often seen on the beach within the solitude of the dunes.
ES: A menudo se veía a Ellen en la playa, en la soledad de las dunas.
EN: The sea has thrown on the beach These remnants of the sacrificial boat.
ES: El mar ha arrojado en la playa estos restos de la nave expiatoria.
EN: The German poet Gerhard Hauptmann and his wife on the beach at Rapallo
ES: El poeta alemán Gerhard Hauptmann y su esposa en la playa de Rapallo
EN: The best on the beach!
ES: ¡Lo mejor de la playa!
EN: Let's get out of here and go walking on the beach.
ES: "Salgamos de aquí y vayamos a caminar por la playa".
EN: Polly, it's a well-known fact... that your uncle was drunk at the time. And another thing, young lady, I'm quite tired of your sitting out on the beach... all hours of the night.
ES: Y otra cosa, jovencita, estoy cansada de que te la pases sentada en la playa... a todas horas en la noche.
EN: Do you think I could change here on the beach?
ES: ¿Crees que podría cambiarme aquí en la playa?
EN: I got a glimpse of her once, out on the beach.
ES: Una vez le eché un ojo en la playa.
EN: Well, I couldn't go to sleep last night, so .. I took a long walk on the beach.
ES: No pude ir a dormir anoche, así que... di un largo paseo por la playa.
EN: If anybody asks. You say I was with you on the beach until 3 o'clock this morning.
ES: Si alguien te pregunta diles que estuve contigo en la playa hasta las 3 de la madrugada.
EN: Are you sure you were on the beach all night with Harry Delano?
ES: ¿Estás segura de que estuviste en la playa toda la noche con Harry Delano?
EN: You were on the beach all night with Delano.
ES: Estuviste en la playa toda la noche con Delano.
EN: Sure, I was on the beach with Harry Delano.
ES: Claro que estuve en la playa con Harry Delano.
EN: Just keep right on coming to the one and only penny arcade on the beach.
ES: Vengan derechos al único salón recreativo de la playa.
EN: The count found us on the beach with nothing but the clothes on our backs.
ES: El Conde nos encontró en la playa sin nada más que nuestra ropa mojada.

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