like ships that pass in the night

Translations
как корабли, проходящие мимо в ночи
They met briefly at the conference, like ships that pass in the night.
Они встретились ненадолго на конференции, как корабли, проходящие мимо в ночи.
Definitions
A phrase used to describe two people who meet briefly and then go their separate ways, often implying a lack of deeper connection or understanding between them.
Words
like

preposition
как
ships

noun
корабли
that

pronoun
которые
pass

verb
проходят
in

preposition
в
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый
night

noun
ночь