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Post by Kimby on Nov 24, 2009 19:48:56 GMT
It would be so very cool if someone like kimby catalogued these for us how about someone like imec? Here's how. Go back to OP, highlight first phrase, copy and paste into a new file on your computer, find next phrase repeat. Save the file and now and then copy and paste the whole summary into the thread. Reap endless gratitude. Easy peasy!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 21:04:05 GMT
Don't go messin' wit' our 8 song fairy princess there fella. Every one has a chore on this port.
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Post by casimec on Nov 24, 2009 21:05:54 GMT
imec?!? That deadbeat, do work? That'll be a cold day in hell!
1."to be given short shrift" 2. to be in a huff 3. clink 4. bedlam 5. make no bones about it 6. why a prison warden is called "a screw" 7. till the cows come home 8. donkey's years 9. when hens have teeth 10. second Tuesday of next week 11. a pig's age 12. I'm sweating cobs! 13. There's the rub 14. dodgy 15. dive 16. I don't give a hoot! 17. he could talk the hind leg off a Donkey 18. bum's rush 19. mankey 20. peeing hot conkers 21. minger 22. hard cheese 23. in its heyday 24. Make hey while the sun shines 25. make hay while the sun shines 26. halcyon days 27. Enjoy yourself 28. wholesome 29. at the drop of a hat 30. toothsome 31. long in the tooth 32. cold day in hell
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 21:18:14 GMT
Maybe should be in a separate thread like Kimby's 8 song game key is,don't know. We can ask her advice on this. Good work there though Casimec,knew we couldn't count too much on that imec for this. Always full of helpful suggestions.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Nov 25, 2009 9:09:36 GMT
Wholesome: In much literature wholeness and completion are associated with godliness. Something missing or lacking is an imperfection, and God is, of course, perfect. Humans, by nature, are imperfect, but are always striving for completeness and perfection. To be wholesome, would be a closeness with God. To be complete, is to be God.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Nov 25, 2009 9:22:19 GMT
George Orwell wrote of the dead metaphor, as being a metaphor that has lost its usefulness. A metaphor should be fresh and alive, not a repeated phrase that no longer conjures up images, but just nudges at an indistict familiarity of meaning. Commonly, these metaphors are still used, but since nobody knows how they originated or what they mean, they are characteristics of bad writing.
Example:
"Tow the line" or "Toe the line"? Properly, it is "Toe the line", which suggests the image of a person boldly walking up to a line drawn in sand, daring to cross it. But when improperly understood, certain writers started writing "Tow the line" which suggests a person towing/pulling on a rope. This second image has nothing to do with the first, in terms of its meaning. So using such a dead metaphor simply leads to confusion and emptiness of expression.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 25, 2009 17:05:37 GMT
Re: Replies #64 & 65 ~~ ! Good stuff, Existentia. Thanks!
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Post by traveler63 on Nov 25, 2009 19:40:41 GMT
Well, here is my list(some I do understand).
1. Don't get your panties in a twist. 2. Sweating bullets 3. Take a hike. 4. I don't give a tinker's damn 5. Go pee up a rope 6. Getting the short end of the stick 7. Til hell freezers over 8. More fun than a barrel of monkies 9. Crazier than a mad hatter.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 25, 2009 19:52:46 GMT
Need a list manager here!
Casimec's list ought to indicate which words/phrases still need "illumination" and which have been "solved".
It probably would be good to make a separate summary thread, but ask the admins to sticky it, so it doesn't get buried and unfindable.
t63 has given us a list to work with, instead of one at a time. This should either liven up the thread or totally kill it!
1. Don't get your panties in a twist = don't get your knickers in a knot, to some people
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Post by Kimby on Nov 25, 2009 19:55:04 GMT
Guess we haven't done "waiting with bated breath?"
I know a lot of people say "baited breath" but I believe it's actually a contraction of "abated" = "'bated".
Though some people do have bait-scented breath!
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Post by imec on Nov 25, 2009 21:39:44 GMT
Need a list manager here! Casimec's list ought to indicate which words/phrases still need "illumination" and which have been "solved". It probably would be good to make a separate summary thread, but ask the admins to sticky it, so it doesn't get buried and unfindable. casimec, move your ass!
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Post by paristraveler on Dec 13, 2009 23:02:56 GMT
I know about "long in the tooth" from being a dental hygienist. As people age, they often develop periodontal, or gum disease, which causes the gums (gingivae) to recede up the root of the tooth, which exposes the root and makes the tooth appear longer. So, "long in the tooth" simply indicates advanced age, e.g., "She's a bit long in the tooth to be wearing that miniskirt."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2009 19:23:19 GMT
Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
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Post by paristraveler on Dec 14, 2009 22:48:43 GMT
When pigs fly!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 10:42:24 GMT
Stop larding it on.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2009 11:52:16 GMT
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Post by traveler63 on Dec 24, 2009 18:02:21 GMT
any port in a storm! Ha Ha Seriously, "I don't give two hoots in hell"
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 28, 2009 16:33:49 GMT
And one for the season ...........
"Where you born in a barn?!" (usually said when someone fails to close an outer door)
Quickly, without thinking, name the most famous person ever who was born in a barn.
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Post by paristraveler on Dec 29, 2009 15:10:17 GMT
Mr. Ed?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 1, 2010 7:24:14 GMT
*snork!*
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Post by paristraveler on Jan 1, 2010 14:55:32 GMT
LOL bixa! In my recent dealings with certain people in this building concerning the sale of my old computer, the phrase, "Were you raised by wolves?" came to mind yesterday.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 2, 2010 16:46:24 GMT
I would laugh, but am shuddering over what incidents probably made you think that.
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Post by lola on Jan 2, 2010 20:22:15 GMT
Don't know the answer to "born in barn" question, unless you count a stable with manger, Magi and whatnot.
Drafty barns: Sunday we attended what the hosts called a "Barn Mitzvah" for their 13 yo son's birthday, when the temperature was in the low 20's F.
They have a pre-Civil War barn from MI disassembled and put back together here. Horses and goats downstairs, a huge hayloft above with room for contra and square dancing, salsa, swing. Too cold for live musicians so they had a DJ/caller.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2010 4:28:47 GMT
Don't know the answer to "born in barn" question, unless you count a stable with manger, Magi and whatnot. A big prize for the little lady! Really?! No one got that immediately?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 3, 2010 4:29:58 GMT
But wait ~~ "too cold for live musicians" .......... but not too cold for guests shivering in rick-rack and pearl-buttoned shirts?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2010 10:02:09 GMT
That's a hell of a note.
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Post by lola on Jan 3, 2010 14:10:43 GMT
Shoot fire!
Fiddlers etc. play with bare hands while standing still, and can have trouble moving their fingers even if it's only chilly. The rest of us had many layers, long underwear, and were able to dance around and keep the blood moving. Nary a pearl button in sight. Some of the fashionable teenage girls were probably suffering a bit.
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Post by paristraveler on Jan 4, 2010 15:40:20 GMT
"Nib shit"
As in, "Rather than actually wanting to buy my old computer, the inmates in my building were more interested in coming into my apartment to nib shit just to see what they could quietly steal."
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Post by emm on Jan 5, 2010 2:12:35 GMT
Jesus H. Christ. Any ideas on what the 'H' stands for? Have often wondered if it might be 'Hughey', as in "Old Hughey" the personage accredited with extreme weather (common in rural NZ)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 5, 2010 2:55:53 GMT
Yeah, how did that H get there?! For that matter: "Judas priest" ~~
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