Getting Your Ducks in a Row

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Origin of Phrases - G

Getting Your Ducks in a Row

Meaning: To have things in order.

Example: If you don't get your ducks in a row, you will be fired.

Origin: Baby ducklings swim in a straight line behind the mother duck. If the ducklings stray to far, the mother duck will get them back in line, that is get her ducks in a row.

Refers to setting up bowling pins. They were called duckpins in early America because people thought they looked like ducks.