Cat got your tongue?

cathexis · 11-17-2019, 05:45 AM

S/he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Meaning: Beware of something that appears too good/too sweet to be authentic.

cathexis · 11-17-2019, 06:05 AM

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Meaning: If someone offers you something of value, for free, don't inspect the animal very carefully as one would a racehorse.

Btw, a horses's age is measured by how far down the teeth are ground.

Be gracious, accept the item. If it doesn't fit into your family, you can re-home or regift at a later time

Chad · 11-17-2019, 09:17 AM

Highbrow

scholarly or rarefied in taste.

I actually used that word in a sentence recently. Ha!

Jedi · 11-17-2019, 09:54 AM

"You can't get money from a naked man's (or woman's) pocket"

You can't get what someone doesn't have to give.

kittygrrl · 11-17-2019, 01:38 PM

"(she) looks like death eating crackers"

...in Appalachia it means-you look terrible

homoe · 11-17-2019, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kittygrrl

"(she) looks like death eating crackers"

...in Appalachia it means-you look terrible

I'd never heard this one Miss Kitty! In the Midwest we said "She Looks Like Death Warmed Over"...

Orema · 11-17-2019, 05:13 PM

Heard this one on the news by a voter earlier today ...

If you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu.

Meaning: Vote in order to have a say on your future.

homoe · 11-18-2019, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

I'd never heard this one Miss Kitty! In the Midwest we said "She Looks Like Death Warmed Over"...

Here's a hypothesis: "Warmed over" refers to the preparation of leftover food to serve again. Leftovers are less desirable than food just now cooked, and the warming process can damage them further. They get overcooked, dry, limp where you want crispy, stiff where you want soft, charred around the edges. Sauces separate. Flavor vanishes. So "warmed over" is an intensifier.

11-17-2019, 05:45 AM	#1
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 4,705 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	S/he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Meaning: Beware of something that appears too good/too sweet to be authentic. __________________ Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws. -----Leon Trotsky

11-17-2019, 06:05 AM	#2
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 4,705 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Meaning: If someone offers you something of value, for free, don't inspect the animal very carefully as one would a racehorse. Btw, a horses's age is measured by how far down the teeth are ground. Be gracious, accept the item. If it doesn't fit into your family, you can re-home or regift at a later time __________________ Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws. -----Leon Trotsky

11-17-2019, 09:17 AM	#3
Chad Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Loved Caregiver Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 6,164 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,746 Thanked 20,312 Times in 5,677 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Words Highbrow scholarly or rarefied in taste. I actually used that word in a sentence recently. Ha!

11-17-2019, 09:54 AM	#4
Jedi Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: they are my world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: In a galaxy far, far away Posts: 959 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,002 Thanked 1,728 Times in 544 Posts Rep Power: 12678953	"You can't get money from a naked man's (or woman's) pocket" You can't get what someone doesn't have to give. __________________ May the Force be with you!

11-17-2019, 01:38 PM	#5
kittygrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: witchy Preferred Pronoun?: gf Relationship Status: Uranus will retrograde in Gemini Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the wild mushrooms Posts: 9,620 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,697 Thanked 22,133 Times in 7,204 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	"(she) looks like death eating crackers" ...in Appalachia it means-you look terrible __________________ "We're nine meals from anarchy"" Lewis

11-17-2019, 05:13 PM	#7
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file and sometimes a sinner. Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,673 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,470 Thanked 34,732 Times in 8,961 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Heard this one on the news by a voter earlier today ... If you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu. Meaning: Vote in order to have a say on your future.