Cat got your tongue?

homoe · 10-23-2020, 01:47 AM

"Get Someone's Goat"........

To annoy someone, to make a person lose his or her temper.

Sidebar: This term is definitely American in origin, but its precise provenance has been lost. H. L. Mencken was told that it came from the practice of putting a goat inside a skittish racehorse’s stall in order to calm it down. Removing the goat shortly before the race would upset the horse and reduce its chances of winning, a ruse supposedly planned by a gambler who had bet on the horse’s losing.

homoe · 10-24-2020, 10:01 AM

"I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle"

This idiom is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief. An expression of surprise or amazement.

homoe · 10-24-2020, 05:53 PM

"Lined Up Like Cord-wood".........

Any items lined up in a neat and tidy way. Usually it a vast amount of one certain item.

homoe · 10-26-2020, 10:16 AM

"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head".......

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

homoe · 10-26-2020, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homoe

"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head".......

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

And yes of course that should of been "Hole"! Thanks to the many that pointed that out......

homoe · 10-31-2020, 09:16 AM

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

A sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their being helpful.

homoe · 11-01-2020, 09:11 AM

"Fix Someone's Wagon"...

To take retaliatory action against someone. Get even with someone, get revenge on someone, spoil someone's chance of success.

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10-23-2020, 01:47 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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Get Someone's Goat"........ To annoy someone, to make a person lose his or her temper. Sidebar: This term is definitely American in origin, but its precise provenance has been lost. H. L. Mencken was told that it came from the practice of putting a goat inside a skittish racehorse’s stall in order to calm it down. Removing the goat shortly before the race would upset the horse and reduce its chances of winning, a ruse supposedly planned by a gambler who had bet on the horse’s losing.

10-24-2020, 10:01 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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle" This idiom is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief. An expression of surprise or amazement.

10-24-2020, 05:53 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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Lined Up Like Cord-wood"......... Any items lined up in a neat and tidy way. Usually it a vast amount of one certain item.

10-26-2020, 10:16 AM	#4
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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head"....... A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

10-31-2020, 09:16 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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"....... A sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their being helpful.

11-01-2020, 09:11 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 33,550 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Fix Someone's Wagon"... To take retaliatory action against someone. Get even with someone, get revenge on someone, spoil someone's chance of success.