You Know That Saying ... (T/F?)

homoe · 08-29-2017, 06:09 PM

"Hot Under The Collar".................

To be upset over some matter! Someone or something has made you mad!

homoe · 08-31-2017, 08:02 AM

"Not For All the Tea In China"..............

Not at any price. Never!

homoe · 08-31-2017, 08:19 AM

"Be Still My Heart"...............

An exclamation that something is too exciting or overwhelming for one to bear; literally, that it is causing one's heart to beat too fast.

In modern usage, it is almost always used sarcastically to imply that something is actually mundane, uninteresting, or unappealing.

homoe · 08-31-2017, 08:27 AM

"Thrifty With A Buck"......................"Penny Pincher"

A person who is very frugal. Someone careful about how they spend money.

homoe · 08-31-2017, 08:16 PM

"Put The Cart Before The Horse"..........

To have things in the wrong order; to have things confused and mixed up.

~ocean · 08-31-2017, 10:09 PM

"Que Sera Sera " Whatever Will Be, Will Be !

homoe · 09-01-2017, 09:38 AM

“All the world loves a lover” ........

This is derived from an essay on love by the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It means people are always happy to see a couple in love.

Kätzchen · 09-01-2017, 05:44 PM

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything

This phrase is not exactly an idiom but it's an often used strand of thought which traces it's roots back to early 1900s use, right before the Great Depression, and was also used during the days of WW2.... It's been resurrected again in popular culture via the country western artist Aaron Tippin.

To discover more interesting ideas about this particular phrase, please see the link provided.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/18/stand-fall/

08-31-2017, 10:09 PM	#6
~ocean Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme blows a kiss off my finger tips * Preferred Pronoun?: ~ hey girl ~ Relationship Status: ~ single & content ~ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Massachusetts ~coastal Posts: 7,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,958 Thanked 16,040 Times in 4,727 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"Que Sera Sera " Whatever Will Be, Will Be ! __________________ ~ Always, ocean

09-01-2017, 05:44 PM	#8
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Very True. :) If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything This phrase is not exactly an idiom but it's an often used strand of thought which traces it's roots back to early 1900s use, right before the Great Depression, and was also used during the days of WW2.... It's been resurrected again in popular culture via the country western artist Aaron Tippin. To discover more interesting ideas about this particular phrase, please see the link provided. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/18/stand-fall/ __________________ “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you,” — Ethan Hawke.

08-29-2017, 06:09 PM	#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	"Hot Under The Collar"................. To be upset over some matter! Someone or something has made you mad!

08-31-2017, 08:02 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	"Not For All the Tea In China".............. Not at any price. Never!

08-31-2017, 08:19 AM	#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	"Be Still My Heart"............... An exclamation that something is too exciting or overwhelming for one to bear; literally, that it is causing one's heart to beat too fast. In modern usage, it is almost always used sarcastically to imply that something is actually mundane, uninteresting, or unappealing.

08-31-2017, 08:27 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 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Thrifty With A Buck"......................"Penny Pincher" A person who is very frugal. Someone careful about how they spend money.

08-31-2017, 08:16 PM	#5
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	"Put The Cart Before The Horse".......... To have things in the wrong order; to have things confused and mixed up.

09-01-2017, 09:38 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	“All the world loves a lover” ........ This is derived from an essay on love by the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It means people are always happy to see a couple in love.