"never sick at sea" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: A phrase that comes from a verse in "H.M.S. Pinafore", a 1878 comic opera: Captain: I am never known to quail At the fury of a gale, and I'm never, never sick at sea! All: What, never? Captain: No, never! All: What, never? Captain: Hardly ever! Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} never sick at sea
  1. Having all the qualifications and abilities one could possibly ask for (or almost, anyway)
    Sense id: en-never_sick_at_sea-en-phrase-Clw9T3P~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1901, Ménie Muriel Dowie, Love and His Mask, page 106",
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          "ref": "2017, John Gallagher, Big League Babble On",
          "text": "My final though on all of my local and national on-air collegues that I've befriended and respected for all these decades: I'm not knocking them, but while most morning show hosts and radio and TV sportscasters and anchors went home to their wives and kids an hour or more outside of Toronto to play it safe, I went out. I lived it. I always answered the bell and was never sick at sea. Well, almost never.",
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