" As Cool As A Cucumber".........




Extremely calm; imperturbable.

Set the bar high .... or .....Raise the bar

Setting the bar high indicates that there are certain standards or expectations to meet. Raise the bar indicates that new standards and expectations are implemented to either improve an product or thing or even an relationship.

"Neck Of The Woods" .......




Neck of the woods is a neighborhood or a area where one lives.

"Paint the town red"............




Go out for a special occasion. Spend an evening out of the house doing something fun like diner or dancing or both:hangloose:

"Where There's Smoke There's Fire"...............




There are rumors or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true. There's always some reason for a rumor.

"Burning The Candle At Both Ends"...................




To go to bed late and get up early.

"Thicker Than Thieves"...............


Phrase describing a close personal bond between two or more people or inseparable friends. Suggests that those who are thicker than thieves will not forsake or betray each other.

"Strike While The Iron's Hot"..............





Make use of an opportunity immediately. To make the most of an opportunity or favorable conditions while one has the chance to do so

"Head And Shoulders Above the Rest"....................



Clearly superior to someone or something else, there's no competition!

"You're All Wet"....................



To be mistaken; wrongheaded; on the wrong track.

A Single Sparrow in the Hand is much better than a Thousand Sparrows Flying

This idiom is much older than the "Bird in the hand" cultural idiom in modern day terms. Back in the 6th century (BCE), according to the Proverbs of Ahiquar, this phrase means that it's better to have an small certain advantage rather than an MERE POTENTIAL of many uncertain advantages.

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I have never heard this idiom! I guess it is sort of the equivalent of.. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush..........

"You Said A Mouth Full"............





You said exactly what needed to be said; What you said was very meaningful and had great impact! To say something true, important, etc

"Haste Makes Waste"................


You do not save any time by working too fast; hurrying will cause you to make mistakes, and you will have to take extra time to do the job over again.

If you try to do something quickly, without planning it, you're likely to end up spending more time, money, etc, doing it.

Proverbs of Ahiqar
 

I did a bit more of a search on this and came up with the correct time for which this happened: Ancient Egyptian Papri from Elephantine, an island off the coast of Egypt, inhabited by Jews, Syrians and Egpytians, was back in the 5th century before Christ (BCE).

Here is a set of background information to read, in order of appearance, for those interested. Check out the page about Proverbs of Ahiqar first, then all others in order as listed:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stor...ar?wprov=sfla1

 http://jewishchristianlit.com/Texts/...es/Ahiqar.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elep...ri?wprov=sfla1

 http://www.egyptianmyths.net/elephant.htm

 https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/elephantine

 http://www.elephantineblog.com/2017/...ort-story.html

"The whole kit and caboodle"..........


A collection of things.

Sidebar: This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant "a collection or group" since the mid-1700s though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today, and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant "a collection."

Regardless I rather enjoy this idiom!

"Be Whistling Dixie". ...........


To have an unrealistic, usually overly optimistic, view of something.

You Ain't Just Whistling' Dixie.............



To be right about something! Being serious, not kidding.

"Birds Of A Feather Flock Together"..........




People who have similar interests, ideas, or characteristics tend to seek out and/or associate with one another.

There Is No Fool Like An Old Fool".................



Old people are supposed to be wise, so if an old person behaves foolishly, it is worse than a young person behaving foolishly. Used to say that a foolish old person is especially foolish because an old person should have learned from experience not to make the same mistakes.

"The Handwriting Is On The Wall"................


Figuratively, the expression means that some misfortune is impending.

"Be Careful What You Wish For, You Might Just get It"........




If you get things that you desire, there may be unforeseen and unpleasant consequences. The desired outcome may not be as desirable once it has been attained.

"Laugh, And The World Laughs With You; Weep, And You Weep Alone"...



People prefer cheerfulness in others. A person who is cheerful will have company, but someone who is gloomy will often be alone.


Sidebar: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a poet of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is the author of this saying.

Sidebar: I once wished I was single, look how that turned out for me!

I know this is a repeat but i need to say this (under my breath)-if it quacks like a :rubberducky: and walks like a :rubberducky:---it's a duck :| j/s:tea:

...............:fudd:...

I dunno, homoe..... I can see how people might assume this meaning to be true, but I always try to see the positive side of things like this! I mean, what if you got what you wished for and it was more awesome than you thought possible? Yanno?


Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an very favorite author and poet. She's simply got a very special lens by which her prose and poetry comes forth. I really enjoy her works of literature and appreciate her wisdom...

This is exactly what I do when I see really bad ideas.....
The goodness in the world has no room to flourish if we don't actively weed out the proverbial bad stuff that holds us back or prevents us from truly embracing healthy positive sets of ideas!

I think this is mostly true, too.... plus I really like this saying.

I think variety is the spice of life and that opposites tend to gravitate toward each other because of their own spice or scent, which seems soooo Intriguing....

....Some things are better left unsaid.....

Most nearly always people presume this statement to have an additional hidden meaning, that you shouldn't verbalize thoughts that could land you in trouble.

And while I agree with the generally accepted meaning behind this phrase, I use the phrase slightly differently:

When I use this phrase it's because I think there are things that truly are better left unsaid. I tend to favor statements that stand on their own with no hidden hurtful meaning! :rrose:

it's written all over your face

This expression is typically believed to be true, in that most always your inner feelings and emotions with manifest in non-verbal ways....in unmistakable ways.

That's what the study of nonverbal communication is primarily about....the study of nonverbal cues showing up in the environment as Body Language or in other physical forms, such as written text, style of writing, or any other number of 'bread crumbs' left behind in the proverbial 'scene of the crime'.

Bend Over Backwards......................


To exert a lot of effort towards some end. This phrase is often used to express frustration when one's efforts go unrecognized.

Head Over Heels"...........................


Completely, thoroughly.


Sidebar: This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.

"Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants................



To rely on one's instinct, as opposed to acting according to a set plan. If you fly by the seat of your pants, you use your judgment and intelligence to do something that you have never done before, in a way that is risky, because you have no experience or training to rely on.

"If It Looks Like A Duck And Walks Like A Duck, It Is A Duck"......





If something has all the characteristics of a thing, it is probably that thing, regardless of what it is called or presented as.

"On The Straight And Narrow".................




If someone or something keeps you on the straight and narrow, they help you to live a good, honest life and prevent you from doing immoral or illegal things

"Not Playing With A Full Deck......."

When someone is not playing with a full deck, he/she is either mentally, psychologically or intellectually deficient. The deck referenced in not playing with a full deck is a deck of cards.

Sidebar:There is a popular story that the origin of this phrase dates back to the 1500s, when a tax was levied against decks of cards.

Oh mY, You've been banging those Wonder Woman bracelets of yours, again! It's like you read my mind, posting all these great idioms! Well done, well done!

I like it very much when you explain how certain idioms came into existence....im.always fascinated by this kind of stuff. :blush: :eyebat:

Baseball was a great venue for the spread of idioms, right?

<<<<<~~ homoe deserves a big prize for hir herculean efforts to help me list all these sayings (idioms)!

"Chasing Your Tail"....................




To chase your tail means to spend a lot of time and energy doing a lot of things but achieving very little. To take action that is ineffectual and does not lead to progress.

To Cast One's Bread Upon The Water

To act in generous ways because it's the right thing to do, and not because you think you'll earn an reward. To be generous, kind and loving in the face of opposition, because it's the right thing to do.

The best thing since sliced bread

Otto Rohwedder devised a machine to.sluce bread, back in 1928, which revolutionized the way bread was wrapped and marketed as an service product of convenience. And because of this turn of events, which was an welcome feat of convenience in modern inventions of the early 20th century, people coined the phrase to carry broader meaning for depth and appreciation for ease of consumption or ease of delivery which soon became an catch-phrase to describe ease and enjoyment of quality relationships. (Source: wikipedia).