2syuhn dou kiuh tauh jih yihn jihk 船到橋頭自然直 — [when the ship reaches the bridge it will straighten on its own] to take things as they come, to accept fate, to have a relaxed attitude (gwl 28, 5).
3syuhn tauh chek 船頭尺 — [plumb line on a ship] someone who is always asking others for money (since the normal slang term is dohk séui 度水 which can mean "to borrow money" or "to measure water").
4syuhn tauh fong/ geng gwai, syuhn meih fong/ geng chaahk 船頭驚/驚鬼, 船尾驚/驚賊 — [to fear a ghost at the bow and a robber at the stern] to be too cowardly to make a firm decision.