Cat got your tongue?

Stone-Butch · 04-22-2022, 03:21 PM

"Love to be a fly on the wall."

Wanting to be within eye and earshot of a situation without being visible as to get informed without interfering or being obvious.

homoe · 04-23-2022, 05:39 AM

"Break the ice" "An Icebreaker".........

To break down a social stiffness in order for things to be more comfortable. This phrase is sometimes used when two people are meeting for the first time.

Sidebar: Some people may think that the phrase break the ice comes from steam-powered icebreaker ships that were designed in the 1800s. While traveling through ice-covered waters can be challenging, these ships were built to make navigation through the arctic regions of the world a bit easier.

So then, does the expression “break the ice” come from these types of ships? No, this is not the source of its origin because this phrase actually goes back to the 17th century, which means it precedes the creation of the icebreaker ships. For example, this expression makes an early appearance in a poem by Samuel Butler.

homoe · 04-26-2022, 08:54 AM

"A fly in the ointment".......

A minor irritation that spoils the success or enjoyment of something.

Stone-Butch · 04-27-2022, 12:08 AM

Quotes:

"Progress might have been alright once; but it's gone on too long."
Ogden Nash

"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity." Thor Heyerdahl

04-22-2022, 03:21 PM	#1
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,620 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,229 Thanked 9,288 Times in 2,998 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Cat got your tongue? "Love to be a fly on the wall." Wanting to be within eye and earshot of a situation without being visible as to get informed without interfering or being obvious.

04-27-2022, 12:08 AM	#4
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,620 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,229 Thanked 9,288 Times in 2,998 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Cat got your Tongue? Quotes: "Progress might have been alright once; but it's gone on too long." Ogden Nash "Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity." Thor Heyerdahl

04-23-2022, 05:39 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	"Break the ice" "An Icebreaker"......... To break down a social stiffness in order for things to be more comfortable. This phrase is sometimes used when two people are meeting for the first time. Sidebar: Some people may think that the phrase break the ice comes from steam-powered icebreaker ships that were designed in the 1800s. While traveling through ice-covered waters can be challenging, these ships were built to make navigation through the arctic regions of the world a bit easier. So then, does the expression “break the ice” come from these types of ships? No, this is not the source of its origin because this phrase actually goes back to the 17th century, which means it precedes the creation of the icebreaker ships. For example, this expression makes an early appearance in a poem by Samuel Butler.

04-26-2022, 08:54 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	"A fly in the ointment"....... A minor irritation that spoils the success or enjoyment of something.