"To Be Completely In The Dark".......................


To be uninformed about someone or something; ignorant about someone or something

"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished".............



This means that people can do or try to do good things and still end up in a lot of trouble.No matter who is being helped, what assistance is offered, the circumstances surrounding the gesture or the nature of the actual support offered there will ALWAYS be a hidden penalty inflicted on the provider.

Sidebar: I believe this is a quote attributed to Oscar Wilde

:giggle: :blush: :eyebat:

I sure hope the Cubs come back and give those Dodgers something to think about, in their next game. :|

"The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions"...........



Meaning that people often intend to do good things but in fact do not, often because they are lazy or just don't follow thru.

"Dead As A Door Nail".......................




Finished, dead, done!

....Dead as an door nail ....

This is one of many similes that puts emphasis on an adjective.

It also refers to the big heavy studded nails used in medieval doors, which generally sat underneath the huge brass door knocker's.

"Miss The Boat".........................




If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity.

"Go The Extra Mile".......................




If someone is prepared to go the extra mile, they will do everything they can to help or to make something succeed, going beyond their duty what could be expected of them.

I love this saying! Years ago, a small company I worked for used to give out awards to employees who went above and beyond the call of duty and called it The Extra Mile Award. If you earned that award, which I did on several occasions, your name was highlighted in the monthly company newsletter to employees and if you earned enough 'outstanding extra mile awards' the company would promote you or give you an annual raise worth more than an regular annual raise in pay or treat you to an undisclosed surprise at the end of the year (usually right after Christmas). :balloon:

The Extra Mile Award was based on client feedback to company headquarters private phone call centers concerning I'll treatment toward company clients or Extra Mile service given to loyal company clients. It was a really good program based on meeting or exceeding client needs and ensuring client loyalty.

"Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty".........




More than what is expected of someone. Exceeding the expectations of one's job, position, or role.

Very nice!
However in this day and age in the work place it seems one must always go above and beyond the call of duty and then you still might come into work one day and be told " SO SORRY your position has been eliminated" I am SO glad to be out of that friggin rat race!

"Rat Race".........................


A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of lab rats racing through a maze to get the "cheese" much like society racing to get ahead financially.

The term is commonly associated with an exhausting, repetitive lifestyle that leaves no time for relaxation or enjoyment.

my current workplace campus of the past three years is a much more sophisticated type of work place in that there is layer upon layer of accountability between an variety of workplace agencies (federal, state, private practice or small business to regional or national business enterprise) which is essential to maintaining harmony between neighboring businesses or the clientele which sustains any business on campus.

HR among all campus businesses maintain exceptional organizational attention to client needs as well as intercultural, multicultural and an wide diversity of employment practices.

Most of my work life has been centered upon service based industry, so it's an welcoming opportunity for me to highlight my caché of professional skills. :balloon: :blush: :bow:

"Idle Hands Are The Devil's Workshop"........




When one has nothing to do, one is more likely to get into trouble.



Sidebar: There are several Bible verses pertaining to this as well.

"In A Nutshell"................................






Concisely and condensed. In as few words as possible! You say in a nutshell when you are describing something very briefly.

"To Keep An Eye Open For"......................



To remain alert and watchful for someone or something.

I've never been employed...ie I've been self employed for about 50 years. The only rat race I really know personally is that of the world of homo and femo-sexuals who see opportunity to exploit the loneliness and kindness of others. It's a race to devour vulnerability. Rats are the detestable, sociopathic creeps amongst us and those who try to invade our "planet" because we are such vulnerable and open emotional beings.

"To Keep An Eye On Someone"..................





To watch someone! Watching someone you just don't trust or have a good feeling about!

Far as I can figure, this is the right thread. Never occurred to me that "rat race" only referred to "job" situations. I was simply suggesting that "rat race" is also useable in terms of where we struggle in communities of relationships where primacy is often based on "doing what it takes" to "get along" and pleasing
some so get accepted amongst others, and to have had the courage to "step out".

To me, "rat race" is the obverse of being drowned at the bottom of an unaccepted, pool that you just didn't have the social skills to avoid.

I'll make it simple...so many of our most wonderful, interesting and surviving Sisters got left behind behind they when they simply couldn't find a way to do more than be tossed into the mass of "interesting" examples used by "successful leaders of the movement in their own rise to the top.

"Bite Off More Than You Can Chew"..............




To take on more responsibility than one can handle.

I live that everyday! Haha.

goodness sakes!

I have an lifelong friend who is blind and I've actually had an blind anesthetist on two occasions. My blind friend and those two blind medical professionals have better sight seeing abilities than those who are not sight impaired. :blush: :balloon: :bow:

'Bite Your Tongue' .................


Keeping yourself from saying something! Holding some restraint for responding either in a nasty or sarcastic way to something being said you disagree with.

"Serious As A Heart Attack"..............



To show that you are serious, and not joking.

"Right On The Money"...........


To be 100% correct about something.

"Willy-Nilly".............





Lacking or without thought, order, or reason; haphazard.

"Life Is What You Make It".....................



Meaning allowing a person to accept the ills of their life, whatever those might be, with grace, knowing that with effort, or wisdom, those ills can be surmounted, or even changed into something positive.


Sidebar: A similar quote, “Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be” is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Be someone's shadow (with a negative perveived outcome)

(follow them around to get dirt...gossip) around for the purpose of gathering gossip for rumors.

"You Reap What You Sow"........




Your actions dictate the consequences.

Sidebar: The phrase is Biblical in origin.

"You Bet Your Sweet Life"!............




You can be absolutely certain of something or a certain outcome!

Hot off the press. Late breaking news or an office revelation to which you and a few others are "in the know."

Special news that the boss has given to a few select employees.
Either your very lucky or most likely have done a good job!


Scuttlebutt is similar, but refers to military gossip.

Comrad- started as a way USSR military referred to each other. Still used in Russia and those countries who are Socialist. Also, used between 2 or more members who happen to be Socialist regardless of party or individual political views. Can also be used jokingly amongst other groups of people.


Lighting up an area-use of napalm (illegal after Vietnam), but still used. It is gelatinized fossil fuel which spays out to burn everything within it's reach. A weapon controlled by men.

I've also heard this as "You Can Bet Your Sweet Ass"... maybe it's a regional thing?

"Off To The Salt Mines"..............."Back To The Salt Mines"


Resume work, usually with some reluctance! Cliché time to return to work, school, or something else that might be unpleasant task.



Sidebar: This term alludes to the Russian practice of punishing prisoners by sending them to work in the salt mines of Siberia.

" Back In The Day"..........




Used for talking about a time in the past, usually when you are remembering nice things about that time period/frame.

"See You In The Funny Papers"...............



Refers to the comics section of the newspaper. Was a light hearted way to say goodbye, see you later, in the 1920s through WWII. Not derogatory at all. Could be used with a friend or casual acquaintance. Just a breezy way to say our lives are crazy, like the characters in the comics.

Method To My Madness.............




An assertion that, despite one's approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.

" Something Straight From The Horse's Mouth".....




To hear something from an authoritative source.

"A Cakewalk"........................


A task that is easily, effortlessly, or certain to be accomplished.

Hi Katzchen! It's actually a piece of weather knowledge that,appears in the Bible, and has some validity anywhere where the weather in the main comes in from the west. See https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learnin...d-sky-at-night for a proper explanation.

"Third Time’s A Charm".........





Meaning the third time you do something it will finally work.