Cat got your tongue?

homoe · 10-17-2020, 11:47 AM

"Strike While The Iron's Hot" / "Make Hay While The Sun Shines"

To take advantage of favorable conditions; to make the most of an opportunity when it is available.

homoe · 10-18-2020, 08:23 AM

"Now You're Cooking With Gas"......

Doing something exactly right. To have success in a particular activity.

Sidebar: In the 1930's, the catch phrase Now you're cooking with gas, meaning “you're on the right track,” was heard on popular radio shows at the behest of the natural gas industry, as part of a quiet marketing push for gas-powered stoves.

homoe · 10-20-2020, 08:07 AM

"once bitten twice shy"

Means that once somebody has gotten hurt or had something go wrong, they will be afraid to try it again (especially in love).

C0LLETTE · 10-20-2020, 02:06 PM

" You don't miss your water till your well runs dry"

Means: you better start being nicer to me or I'm going to leave your ass high and dry over that cliff there yonder.

homoe · 10-20-2020, 04:52 PM

"When Pigs Fly"........

Pigs cannot fly. This often sarcastic idiom is commonly used to mean that whatever you are discussing will never happen.

Sidebar: A similar saying was first used in Scotland in the late 1500s and a version of which even appeared in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland.

homoe · 10-20-2020, 04:54 PM

"You Can't Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Pig's Ear".....

Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive.

C0LLETTE · 10-20-2020, 08:44 PM

"spitting image"

When I looked this phrase up, here's what I got:

"as like the papists, as if they had beene spit out of their mouthes. So it would appear that the metaphor of spitting something out of one's mouth gradually shifted to become the very spit of (something), which then turned into spit and image, which in turn became spitten image and settled on spitting image...."

say what?

10-20-2020, 02:06 PM	#4
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,176 Times in 4,341 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	" You don't miss your water till your well runs dry" Means: you better start being nicer to me or I'm going to leave your ass high and dry over that cliff there yonder. __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-20-2020, 08:44 PM	#7
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,176 Times in 4,341 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	"spitting image" When I looked this phrase up, here's what I got: "as like the papists, as if they had beene spit out of their mouthes. So it would appear that the metaphor of spitting something out of one's mouth gradually shifted to become the very spit of (something), which then turned into spit and image, which in turn became spitten image and settled on spitting image...." say what? __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-17-2020, 11:47 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 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Strike While The Iron's Hot" / "Make Hay While The Sun Shines" To take advantage of favorable conditions; to make the most of an opportunity when it is available.

10-18-2020, 08:23 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	"Now You're Cooking With Gas"...... Doing something exactly right. To have success in a particular activity. Sidebar: In the 1930's, the catch phrase Now you're cooking with gas, meaning “you're on the right track,” was heard on popular radio shows at the behest of the natural gas industry, as part of a quiet marketing push for gas-powered stoves.

10-20-2020, 08:07 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	"once bitten twice shy" Means that once somebody has gotten hurt or had something go wrong, they will be afraid to try it again (especially in love).

10-20-2020, 04:52 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	"When Pigs Fly"........ Pigs cannot fly. This often sarcastic idiom is commonly used to mean that whatever you are discussing will never happen. Sidebar: A similar saying was first used in Scotland in the late 1500s and a version of which even appeared in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland.

10-20-2020, 04:54 PM	#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 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"You Can't Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Pig's Ear"..... Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive.