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

homoe · 10-10-2017, 04:20 AM

Head Over Heels"...........................

Completely, thoroughly.

Sidebar: This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.

homoe · 10-10-2017, 04:22 AM

"Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants................

To rely on one's instinct, as opposed to acting according to a set plan. If you fly by the seat of your pants, you use your judgment and intelligence to do something that you have never done before, in a way that is risky, because you have no experience or training to rely on.

homoe · 10-10-2017, 04:27 AM

"If It Looks Like A Duck And Walks Like A Duck, It Is A Duck"......

If something has all the characteristics of a thing, it is probably that thing, regardless of what it is called or presented as.

homoe · 10-10-2017, 05:38 AM

"On The Straight And Narrow".................

If someone or something keeps you on the straight and narrow, they help you to live a good, honest life and prevent you from doing immoral or illegal things

homoe · 10-10-2017, 08:08 AM

"Not Playing With A Full Deck......."

When someone is not playing with a full deck, he/she is either mentally, psychologically or intellectually deficient. The deck referenced in not playing with a full deck is a deck of cards.

Sidebar:There is a popular story that the origin of this phrase dates back to the 1500s, when a tax was levied against decks of cards.

Kätzchen · 10-10-2017, 08:27 AM

Oh mY, You've been banging those Wonder Woman bracelets of yours, again! It's like you read my mind, posting all these great idioms! Well done, well done!

I like it very much when you explain how certain idioms came into existence....im.always fascinated by this kind of stuff.

Baseball was a great venue for the spread of idioms, right?

<<<<<~~ homoe deserves a big prize for hir herculean efforts to help me list all these sayings (idioms)!

homoe · 10-10-2017, 08:31 AM

"Chasing Your Tail"....................

To chase your tail means to spend a lot of time and energy doing a lot of things but achieving very little. To take action that is ineffectual and does not lead to progress.

10-10-2017, 04:20 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	Head Over Heels"........................... Completely, thoroughly. Sidebar: This expression originated in the 1300s as heels over head and meant literally being upside down. It took its present form in the 1700s and its present meaning in the 1800s.

10-10-2017, 04:22 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	"Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants................ To rely on one's instinct, as opposed to acting according to a set plan. If you fly by the seat of your pants, you use your judgment and intelligence to do something that you have never done before, in a way that is risky, because you have no experience or training to rely on.

10-10-2017, 04:27 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 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"If It Looks Like A Duck And Walks Like A Duck, It Is A Duck"...... If something has all the characteristics of a thing, it is probably that thing, regardless of what it is called or presented as.

10-10-2017, 05:38 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	"On The Straight And Narrow"................. If someone or something keeps you on the straight and narrow, they help you to live a good, honest life and prevent you from doing immoral or illegal things

10-10-2017, 08:08 AM	#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	"Not Playing With A Full Deck......." When someone is not playing with a full deck, he/she is either mentally, psychologically or intellectually deficient. The deck referenced in not playing with a full deck is a deck of cards. Sidebar:There is a popular story that the origin of this phrase dates back to the 1500s, when a tax was levied against decks of cards.

10-10-2017, 08:27 AM	#6
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,055 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,516 Times in 10,641 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Oh mY, You've been banging those Wonder Woman bracelets of yours, again! It's like you read my mind, posting all these great idioms! Well done, well done! I like it very much when you explain how certain idioms came into existence....im.always fascinated by this kind of stuff. Baseball was a great venue for the spread of idioms, right? <<<<<~~ homoe deserves a big prize for hir herculean efforts to help me list all these sayings (idioms)!

10-10-2017, 08:31 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	"Chasing Your Tail".................... To chase your tail means to spend a lot of time and energy doing a lot of things but achieving very little. To take action that is ineffectual and does not lead to progress.