Ships Passing In The Night literary noun phrase
The phrase refers to people who meet once or twice by chance for a short time, then never see each other again.
Because of working different shifts, James and I are like two ships passing in the night.
I met a sweet guy when traveling to Chinese, but I have to travel back home in a few days. We're like two ships passing in the night.
I wanted to say hello to an old friend I run into on the street this morning, but before I could she disappeared into the crowd. It was like two ships passing in the night.
Poor Rosy! She has been crushing on Ross for years but to him, they are just like two ships passing in the night.
The similarity between the children and their parents
A person who is completely unknown or has no connection with you
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
A relationship that is full of disagreements or quarrels
An embrace in which one or both participants attempt to limit their physical contact by pushing their buttocks away from each other
It's a metaphoric expression written in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem “The Theologian's Tale”.