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homoe · 12-28-2018, 10:57 AM

"Push Someone's Buttons".................

To do things that create a very strong emotional reaction in one, especially anger, irritation, or exasperation!

homoe · 12-28-2018, 11:05 AM

"Cut A Rug"...............

If you cut a rug or cut the rug, you dance in a lively and energetic way.

homoe · 12-29-2018, 10:44 PM

"Don't Be A Killjoy"............

A person who takes the fun out of things for other people. Someone who can't be happy for others good luck or happiness!

cathexis · 12-30-2018, 03:11 AM

More X "than you could shake a stick at."
Origin thought to be in the US Deep South approx.: 1800

Often refers to having an over abundance of an item. Ex: Their garden has more tomatoes than I could shake a stick at.
For historians, there is a reference in literature 1835 Mary Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Chapter 16.

cathexis · 12-30-2018, 03:36 AM

"I'd give my eye teeth for that."

This a fairly new expression (last Century) meaning that the person would be wiling to give up an important item such as the teeth needed for meat, the canines, to acquire a perceived valuable skill or item.

homoe · 12-30-2018, 06:44 AM

"Diamond In The Rough"...........

A person or thing with exceptional qualities or characteristics that cannot be seen from the surface

homoe · 12-30-2018, 08:08 AM

'Nothing To Write Home About".............

To be not especially remarkable or noteworthy; to be rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant.

Sidebar: I saw this in one of Gemme's post and it jogged my memory.....

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12-28-2018, 10:57 AM	#1
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Push Someone's Buttons"................. To do things that create a very strong emotional reaction in one, especially anger, irritation, or exasperation!

12-28-2018, 11:05 AM	#2
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Cut A Rug"............... If you cut a rug or cut the rug, you dance in a lively and energetic way.

12-29-2018, 10:44 PM	#3
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Don't Be A Killjoy"............ A person who takes the fun out of things for other people. Someone who can't be happy for others good luck or happiness!

12-30-2018, 03:11 AM	#4
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,707 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	More X "than you could shake a stick at." Origin thought to be in the US Deep South approx.: 1800 Often refers to having an over abundance of an item. Ex: Their garden has more tomatoes than I could shake a stick at. For historians, there is a reference in literature 1835 Mary Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Chapter 16.

12-30-2018, 03:36 AM	#5
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,707 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	"I'd give my eye teeth for that." This a fairly new expression (last Century) meaning that the person would be wiling to give up an important item such as the teeth needed for meat, the canines, to acquire a perceived valuable skill or item.

12-30-2018, 06:44 AM	#6
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Diamond In The Rough"........... A person or thing with exceptional qualities or characteristics that cannot be seen from the surface

12-30-2018, 08:08 AM	#7
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	'Nothing To Write Home About"............. To be not especially remarkable or noteworthy; to be rather dull, mediocre, uninteresting, or unimportant. Sidebar: I saw this in one of Gemme's post and it jogged my memory.....