Frasier: What's going on?!
Niles: Well, things are going rather fast. Just going out this evening was a big step, but something that involves packing a suitcase, and given my situation, I can't-
Frasier: Niles! When you are going to stop letting Maris be an anchor on your social life?
Niles: Oh, surely that is the most tortured metaphor you've ever come up with! Maris, an anchor?!