And that's all she wrote!

That's interesting because it has to be delivered exactly that way. You can't say, "I agree but that is all she wrote." It loses its idiomatic meaning (for most speakers) in that context and reverts to the literal: "and she didn't write down anything more."

Asking someone how they are doing and they reply "fair to midland" and actually finding out it is "fair to midling."

Flanapple sounds like a mighty tasty treat, actually.

No need for disbelief; sliced bread *was* mentioned a ways back. :)

Let's see....

shit eatin' grin
ten ways to Tuesday
don't know him from Adam
apple of my eye
throwing the baby out with the bathwater
baker's dozen
did you get out on the wrong side of the bed today
that takes the biscuit aka that takes the cake
for the birds
throw me a bone
blood is thicker than water
giving someone the bum's rush
bury the hatchet
calling a spade a spade
nitty-gritty

That's all I've got for now.

"Six of one, half-dozen of the other"

I think I like the explanation the best. :blink:

"Six of one, half-dozen of the other" says that two things which people refer to differently are actually the same thing. A "dozen" is a counting word that represents twelve (12) of some particular item, so a "half-dozen" is equal to six (6) of that item, and saying "six of one" is equal to saying "a half-dozen of the other." The "one" and the "other" refer to the two things which you are saying are not so different. Example: "I say she's a stewardess. She says she's a flight attendant. It's six of one, a half-dozen of the other." Although something has been said in two different ways, they ultimately mean the same thing.

Damn you're good. I must know...did you come up with these yourself, or did you find this on google or something?

Not that you couldn't come up with them yourself, it is just a lot to come up with and I want to know just how impressed I should be! :winky:

Well... there is no definition, other than what it sounds like. I don't have a recipe or anything else.


Here's one I've been trying to insinuate into general culture, but it hasn't taken off yet. Joking! i don't really think one person can do that but here's what happens:

You know that politician "Huckabee." Well I thought his name sounded like an idiom and I made up a meaning and used it whenever I could. The meaning I made up for it is "to throw a fit." (Which, come to think of it is an idiom in its own right.)

Every chance Ive had, I've used it in that context: Man, my boss really hucked a bee over that one.

People either ask me what the heck I said, or they just look at me with suspicion. I haven't heard anyone who''s picked it up. Foo-ee.

Always wondered...
 

...if 'druthers' was formed from a combination of 'I would rather'....hmmm, kinda makes sense that it would.

made up
 

I'm quite sure I made this one up...it is a cousin to "Frippery"

Friphoppery verb the action of being showy, frivolous, often bawdy, nonessential.

"After a cocktail (or two) the evening proceeded with much friphoppery."

I'm so glad we've got that cleared up. :|

Friphoppery! My very favorite Sparkle-word, and not coincidentally - my very favorite Sparkle-activity! :wine:

<<<needs a lesson from Gemme on "multi-quoting"

"You'll have to lick the calf over again" my grandmothers saying. She meant redo something until it's perfect. Because cows will bathe their calf over and over, as if they missed something. I don't know if this was a common saying or just a family or local saying.

I remember my grandmother saying in broken english

Always knock with your feet

You should be VERRRRY impressed.

:blink:

Nope, all of that jumble was from my noggin. I've got more but it tends to come out when the situation warrants it.

Weeeellllll.......in the old days, a female was referred to as a bird.

:cheesy:
:blink:

For Dapper's Google infactuation (I knew about the term but couldn't remember how it came to be):

bird - woman or girlfriend - now unfortunately a rather unflattering term, but it wasn't always so; until recent times 'bird' was always an endearing term for a girl, derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'brid' which meant 'baby animal', in other words a cute little thing. The origin also gave us the word 'bride'.

a good expletive!
 

"Why isn't she just cuter than a bug's ear?"

Well of Loneliness
 

Pretty is as pretty does.

"Yerba mala nunca muere."

Lol. I remember that one too - my mom used to say it about my father all the time. She wasn't too far from the truth - he died a few months ago at the age of 91!

It's just going to get a lick and a promise..... means I will clean lightly now and promise to do a better job soon.

Andrea

sit a spell

prit' near

batty: She's been a bit batty since she got older.

tetched: He's a bit tetched in the head if you know what I mean.

three sheets to the wind: When they come outta that bar, they was three sheets to the wind.

to beat the band: She was a-singin' and a clappin' to beat the band.

lick o' sense: Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense. (Pass the biscuits please.)

They don't have a pot to pee in but they spent money on foolishness.

Stomach so full you could crack a flee on it.

I haven't read all the posts, so my apologies if this one has been posted...

Keeping company.

I love that term for a courting couple...