on the shore
Synonyms
Examples
There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.
Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
Nihilism had no bottom. For thousands of years every philosopher had stood on the shore of this sunless sea, diving for pearls and never finding them. All had seen that, since they could not find bottom, they must assume it.
When a net is worn out, it is thrown away on the shore.
When you in the Midsummer night, drunk, stand up on your boat to pee, you may see your widow-to-be on the shore."