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

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I knoweth nothing about any game show on TV
(That's your sovereign domain)

"YOU ARE the weakest Link".. translation, you're booted off the show!

Sidebar: It's been off the air for years but every now and again you get repeats on the game show channel.

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'A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing
'.........

A small amount of knowledge can mislead people into thinking that they are more expert than they really are.

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''A Miss Is As Good As A Mile"



A narrow miss is as bad as a wide miss - they are both misses.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

''A Miss Is As Good As A Mile"



A narrow miss is as bad as a wide miss - they are both misses.

<<<<~~~ Miss Narrowish Wide (or something along that nature of things, but definitely good for more than a zillion more miles)

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"And This Too Shall Pass".;.;.;.;.;.;

Nothing lasts forever.

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"Butter Fingers".............

Clumsy.

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Not For A The Tea In China.........

Not at any price.

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"Arty-farty"......



Pertaining to, or having an interest in, the arts. oOten pretentiously and affectedly so.

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"ankle biter".;......


A small child. Also applied to small dogs.

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"Queer As A Three Dollar Bill"..........


Older term that means extremely strange but is usually heard in reference to a gay person. There never was a three dollar bill...thus the rarity.

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"Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry"..............

Implying you wish someone to leave but in a round about way as to not hurt their feelings.........

[Kätzchen]

......Hits Below The Belt .....

An idiom which implies that someone is not fighting fairly.

But, in my estimation, no fight is ever fair. Someone wins, and someone will lose. I guess if both people decide what the mutual prize shared would be, it might be worth fighting for.

+ =

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Big Fish In A Small Pond...........

Someone who is important but only within a limited area of influence.

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Joined At The Hip............

Inextricably linked; inseparable.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Joined At The Hip............

Inextricably linked; inseparable.

I like this idiom, very much.

Another well known idiom....

...... The Other Half .....

When someone introduces their partner, wife or Hus-Butch or Boi-friend or Girlfriend as The Other Half, they're referencing someone of great importance, someone who they share their life with, someone they will love until the end of time.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I like this idiom, very much.

Another well known idiom....

...... The Other Half .....

When someone introduces their partner, wife or Hus-Butch or Boi-friend or Girlfriend as The Other Half, they're referencing someone of great importance, someone who they share their life with, someone they will love until the end of time.

Oh I think SOMETIMES that also refers to the idiom "Ball And Chain" as well! Other Half sounds much nice IMHO

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"Hanky Panky"............

Trickery - double dealing. Also, more recently, sexual shenanigans.



Sidebar: Also was a song by Tommy Roe if memory serves me right, I'm not looking it up, someone will correct me if I'm wrong!

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Oh I think SOMETIMES that also refers to the idiom "Ball And Chain" as well! Other Half sounds much nice IMHO

*lol*

Which brings to mind.......

.....She Done Turned My World Upside Down.....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this social expression infers that a person is out right smitten with whom ever "turned their world upside down."

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A Horse Of A Different Color..............

Another matter entirely, something else completely different!

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Throw A Wrench In The Plans..............

To change (something) in a way that ruins it or prevents it from happening!