Cat got your tongue? - Page 27

C0LLETTE · 10-10-2020, 04:27 PM

Thus, by every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill.

Winston Churchill

homoe · 10-10-2020, 05:35 PM

"Fit The Bill"......

To be helpful, useful, or what is needed in a certain situation at a certain time.

homoe · 10-11-2020, 09:10 AM

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"You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks"......
It's nearly impossible to teach some new skills or behaviors to someone who is set in their ways.

If you say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you mean that it is often difficult to get people to try new ways of doing things, especially if they have been doing something in a particular way for a long time.

homoe · 10-14-2020, 10:22 AM

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"Like A Dog With A Bone"........

To be fixated on a particular topic. To refuse to stop talking or thinking about something.

C0LLETTE · 10-14-2020, 10:58 AM

"pies ci mordę lizał!" Polish for : Dog lick your face ... literally. (a humourous way to tell someone to get lost.

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?

Bèsame* · 10-20-2020, 08:51 PM

yeah right

Used to negate something you just said

C0LLETTE · 10-20-2020, 08:54 PM

et tu Brute?

you too Brutus?

homoe · 10-21-2020, 07:02 AM

"You Can Lead A Horse To Water But You Can't Make Him Drink It"..........

You can give someone an advantage or provide them with an opportunity, but you can't force them to do something if they don't want to. Even favorable circumstances won't force one to do something one doesn't want to.

Trinket_the_mouse2020 · 10-21-2020, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoSousMe

We called that Bum Fucked Egypt... No idea why

we do too in the mid-west

C0LLETTE · 10-21-2020, 01:00 PM

road less travelled

less popular choice

homoe · 10-22-2020, 03:29 PM

"don't hold your breath".......

Holding one’s breath back in expectation. Used to indicate that something is likely to take a long time.

homoe · 10-23-2020, 01:47 AM

"Get Someone's Goat"........

To annoy someone, to make a person lose his or her temper.

Sidebar: This term is definitely American in origin, but its precise provenance has been lost. H. L. Mencken was told that it came from the practice of putting a goat inside a skittish racehorse’s stall in order to calm it down. Removing the goat shortly before the race would upset the horse and reduce its chances of winning, a ruse supposedly planned by a gambler who had bet on the horse’s losing.

homoe · 10-24-2020, 10:01 AM

"I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle"

This idiom is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief. An expression of surprise or amazement.

10-10-2020, 04:27 PM	#521
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Thus, by every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill. Winston Churchill __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-14-2020, 10:58 AM	#525
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"pies ci mordę lizał!" Polish for : Dog lick your face ... literally. (a humourous way to tell someone to get lost. __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-20-2020, 02:06 PM	#529
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	" 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	#532
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"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, 08:51 PM	#533
Bèsame* Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femm Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: ☀️☀️☀️ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Closer to the waves Posts: 14,770 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 28,402 Thanked 39,524 Times in 10,203 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	yeah right Used to negate something you just said __________________ kisses A kiss is a whisper in your mouth. Can I borrow a kiss? I promise to give it back.

10-10-2020, 05:35 PM	#522
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Fit The Bill"...... To be helpful, useful, or what is needed in a certain situation at a certain time.

10-11-2020, 09:10 AM	#523
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	~~ "You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks"...... It's nearly impossible to teach some new skills or behaviors to someone who is set in their ways. If you say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you mean that it is often difficult to get people to try new ways of doing things, especially if they have been doing something in a particular way for a long time.

10-14-2020, 10:22 AM	#524
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	~~ "Like A Dog With A Bone"........ To be fixated on a particular topic. To refuse to stop talking or thinking about something.

10-17-2020, 11:47 AM	#526
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#527
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#528
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#530
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"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	#531
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"You Can't Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Pig's Ear"..... Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive.

10-20-2020, 08:54 PM	#534
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	et tu Brute? you too Brutus? __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-21-2020, 07:02 AM	#535
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"You Can Lead A Horse To Water But You Can't Make Him Drink It".......... You can give someone an advantage or provide them with an opportunity, but you can't force them to do something if they don't want to. Even favorable circumstances won't force one to do something one doesn't want to.

10-21-2020, 01:00 PM	#537
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 15,261 Times in 4,345 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	road less travelled less popular choice __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________

10-22-2020, 03:29 PM	#538
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"don't hold your breath"....... Holding one’s breath back in expectation. Used to indicate that something is likely to take a long time.

10-23-2020, 01:47 AM	#539
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Get Someone's Goat"........ To annoy someone, to make a person lose his or her temper. Sidebar: This term is definitely American in origin, but its precise provenance has been lost. H. L. Mencken was told that it came from the practice of putting a goat inside a skittish racehorse’s stall in order to calm it down. Removing the goat shortly before the race would upset the horse and reduce its chances of winning, a ruse supposedly planned by a gambler who had bet on the horse’s losing.

10-24-2020, 10:01 AM	#540
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle" This idiom is used to express complete surprise, amazement or disbelief. An expression of surprise or amazement.

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