Individuals who are rarely in the same place at the same time. For example, Jan works the early shift and Paula the late shift--they're two ships that pass in the night. This metaphoric expression comes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Theologian's Tale" (published in Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1873).
ships that pass in the night
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