steady the ship

1. To steer a ship so that it sails smoothly. I'm really glad they've steadied the ship—those waves were making me so nauseous!

2. By extension, to restore calm and order to a situation. I just recently got divorced, so I hope my mother moving in and helping with the kids will steady the ship. We just hired a new supervisor to steady the ship after this merger.

See also: ship, steady

See also:

when (one's) ship comes in
when my ship comes in
when one's ship comes in
when ship comes in
when someone's ship comes in
when your ship comes in
when your ship/boat comes in
be broad in the beam
broad in the beam
break ship

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