walk the board—(Surfing ) move up and down one’s surfboard:
- Advanced beginners will learn how to better handle your board, surf down the line and walk the board.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase walk the plank—
1. (hist.) be murdered by drowning (when captured by pirates and forced to walk off a board extended over the side of a ship):
- They deserve to be made to walk the plank for their impudence.
2. be forced to resign from a job:
- She claims she was made to walk the plank after complaining about sexual harassment.
3. accept responsibility for smth. and suffer the consequences:
- If they think that the President is going to lose, they might decide, “OK, why should I walk the plank for him?”
walk the boards —(also: tread the boards) be an actor:
- She probably was destined to walk the boards of the English stage and to grace the big screen with her exquisite beauty.