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

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.

Femmewench · 09-01-2017, 12:40 PM

I love discovering the origin of phrases we use today with absolutely no idea of why they came about.

"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." always intrigued me since I could attribute that to nothing within my own experience or anything I'd read.

I love Lucy Worsley (check her out on YouTube) because I get answers on things like this.

When baths were a weekly thing, the order of bathing was father, mother, eldest child down to youngest child. They were all bathing in the same water, so by the time it was the baby's turn the water might well have been dark enough that you could throw the bathwater out not having seen the baby was still in it.

Anyone else grateful for modern plumbing?

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/

homoe · 09-02-2017, 02:39 AM

"Have Bigger Fish To Fry"...........

To have something more important or more interesting to do.

08-31-2017, 10:09 PM	#5
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09-01-2017, 12:40 PM	#7
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09-01-2017, 05:44 PM	#8
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Relationship Status: Attached to my granddaughter & chosen friends and family.. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Enjoying life @ home ツ Posts: 16,101 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,737 Thanked 33,528 Times in 10,652 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/ __________________ “In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate,” — Isaac Asimov.

08-31-2017, 08:02 AM	#1
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08-31-2017, 08:19 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 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#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 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#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 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#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 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	“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.

09-02-2017, 02:39 AM	#9
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 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Have Bigger Fish To Fry"........... To have something more important or more interesting to do.