• to be on the wing, to feather, to float, to fly, flew, flown, to wing
• filamentary, filamentous, stringy
• barb, bone, splint, splinter, string
• get off my back!, give me a break!
• a pain in one's neck, pain in one's neck
• to be a thorn in sy's flesh
• to horse, to jockey, to take a horse
• to splash down, to take the water
• to board, to come on board, to come on deck, to embark, to go aboard, to go on board, to go on deck, to put to sea, to ship