"ships that pass in the night" meaning in Anglais

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    "L'expression est une métaphore tirée d'un poème de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)."
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        "Personnes dont la rencontre fortuite est éphémère."
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          "ref": "Procès-verbal d’une intervention de Hartmut Nassauer (eurodéputé) au Parlement européen dans un débat sur la réforme du temps de travail",
          "text": "I would also like to say that it is a myth that this is purely the fault of the Council, while the majority of those in Parliament, like knights in shining armour, have sacrificed themselves in the interests of the workers. The reality is that both parties are at fault. In is true that the Council did not move an inch on the question of the opt-out, but the majority in Parliament was equally inflexible in insisting that a solution was only possible if the opt-out was abolished. As a result, both parties passed like ships in the night and the result was easy to predict.",
          "translation": "J’aimerais également dire qu’il est totalement infondé de désigner le Conseil comme seul coupable et de dire que la majorité des députés, tels de preux chevaliers, se sont sacrifiés dans l’intérêt des travailleurs. En vérité, les deux parties sont co-responsables. Certes, le Conseil a campé sur ses positions sur la question de l’opt-out [(dérogation)], mais la majorité parlementaire s’est elle aussi montrée inflexible en clamant qu’une solution passait forcément par l’abolition de l’opt-out. En fin de compte, les deux parties ont tenu un dialogue de sourds dont l’issue était aisément prévisible."
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        "Personnes qui se croisent sans se rencontrer (y compris dans un sens métaphorique)."
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        "Choses qui ont peu de points communs."
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        "broadly",
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          "text": "I would also like to say that it is a myth that this is purely the fault of the Council, while the majority of those in Parliament, like knights in shining armour, have sacrificed themselves in the interests of the workers. The reality is that both parties are at fault. In is true that the Council did not move an inch on the question of the opt-out, but the majority in Parliament was equally inflexible in insisting that a solution was only possible if the opt-out was abolished. As a result, both parties passed like ships in the night and the result was easy to predict.",
          "translation": "J’aimerais également dire qu’il est totalement infondé de désigner le Conseil comme seul coupable et de dire que la majorité des députés, tels de preux chevaliers, se sont sacrifiés dans l’intérêt des travailleurs. En vérité, les deux parties sont co-responsables. Certes, le Conseil a campé sur ses positions sur la question de l’opt-out [(dérogation)], mais la majorité parlementaire s’est elle aussi montrée inflexible en clamant qu’une solution passait forcément par l’abolition de l’opt-out. En fin de compte, les deux parties ont tenu un dialogue de sourds dont l’issue était aisément prévisible."
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        "Personnes qui se croisent sans se rencontrer (y compris dans un sens métaphorique)."
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