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

[homoe]

"Dumpster Fire"..............




slang A complete and utter disaster or a completely chaotic situation, likened to a fire in a dumpster, which quickly becomes uncontrollable. The phrase can be applied to both situations and people.

[homoe]

" To fire someone up".........





To motivate someone; to make someone enthusiastic.

[homoe]

'Go through fire and water".........




To face many challenges in the process of doing or accomplishing something.

[homoe]

"A ball of fire"...........




An ambitious and enthusiastic person.

[homoe]

"Heap coals of fire on one's head"..............





To make a special effort to induce feelings of guilt or remorse in another person.

[homoe]

"If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck".





This implies that a person can identify an unknown subject by observing that subject's habitual characteristics.

[Kätzchen]

Clean as a whistle

Indicating that any surface area is very very clean.

[Kätzchen]

Bells and Whistles

An common expression which indicates that an car, for example, comes with extra features that add toward convenience or is an luxury item.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Once in a Blue Moon.....

I like this expression because it's true that "Blue Moon's" don't happen all that often. Maybe once a year? One time, in a recent calendar year, there were two occasions of an "Blue Moon."

So, if one uses this particular expression and you know that the person rarely does x, y or z and they use this particular way of describing their situation, then I think it's reasonable to believe that it was truly an 'Once in a Blue Moon' experience.

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

.......On a Wing and a Prayer.......

The above social expression finds it roots as an English proverb, born out of an WWII film, starring John Wayne, called The Flying Tigers. (1942, Black and White war propoganda film).

In the film, pilots of planes, nearly on their proverbial last breath, would say that they hoped they could make it back, "on a wing and a prayer."

Sometimes, people will say this phrase when saying goodbye to someone they love and care about too...... "I'll let you fly on a wing and a prayer" ..... which i think is a very very sweet way to say goodbye.......


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyi...29?wprov=sfla1

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

......I'd Give You The Shirt Off My Back.....

This idiom is expressive in terms of desire to give all you've got to help another person, that you'd do just about anything, including up to, proverbially, "giving the shirt off your back"....a show of love and devotion and deep concern for another.

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

..... The Sky Is Blushing .....

..............*ahem* ..........

This particular turn of phrase is *not* expressed nearly as often as it should be, but that is because it's kind of rare when it happens. It's usually expressed when two things happen: The sky at sundown is brilliantly pink; the sky at sunrise is aglow in Pink. Hence..... The Sky Is Blushing.

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

....Bench Press A Buick...



German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche coined the phrase "What does not kill me makes me stronger. 

BUT being strong (er) is relative:  Some people are strong because they exercise their muscles, whole others are strong because they exercise their 'faith' on either spiritual or personal practical ways.

Therefore:  IF a person survives a potential life threatening situation, people generally believe the experience leaves them stronger.

Hence, saying that one can Bench press a Buick is often synonymous to overcoming traumatic life's issues by one's own ability to be 'strong'.

.....on a few idioms I posted last summer....

I like all.of them, as far as idiomatic expressions go.

[homoe]

My FAVORITE was "bench-press a buick"..............

[homoe]

"Bite Off More Than You Can Chew"...............



Taking on more than you can handle or deal with.

[homoe]

"Chip Off The Old Block".............


An expression used of people who closely resemble their parents in some way.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

My FAVORITE was "bench-press a buick"..............

LMAO!!!!!

Great minds think alike!

[homoe]

"Take With A Grain of Salt"...............



To consider or evaluate something, such as a statement, while keeping in mind that it may not be completely true or accurate, typically due to the unreliability of the source.

[homoe]

"Right Up My Alley".........................


If something is right up your alley, it is the kind of thing you like or know about. It's one's specialty, to one's taste,

[homoe]

"I Might of Been Born at Night, But Just Not Last Night"...............



Don't confuse me with being stupid or a fool.

[homoe]

"A Lightning Rod"...........



Something or someone that becomes the focus of others' criticism or blame.

[homoe]

"Capture Lightning In A Bottle".................




To achieve or succeed at doing something that is incredibly difficult, unlikely, and/or elusive.

[homoe]

"Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice".......




Something that's very extraordinary and unlikely to happen will never happen to the same person twice.

[homoe]

"Chasing Rainbows"................




To constantly pursue things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen.