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

[homoe]

Curiosity Killed The Cat" "But Satisfaction Brought It Back".

Someone is curious about something and dying to know and when they find the answer they are satisfied and come back to life ......

[homoe]

'Busy As A Bee"...........


To be constantly busy doing one thing or another.......

I'm not sure if bees are all that busy or not to be honest so I have no idea if this is true or false............

[homoe]

"To Run Around Like A Headless Chicken"

Sometimes if a chicken has its head cut off, it may still run around for a while, but of course, without being able to see or know where it is going.

The idiom, means to do things very quickly without really thinking properly or having any direction.

[homoe]

"To Have A Lot On One’s Plate"......

It basically means to have a lot of tasks or problems under your responsibility.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned" ...


All depends on the Woman and reason she's been scorned I would have to say......

homoe??? Was this idiom born out of filmdom???
It seems like it's some kind of movie line..... (I'm curious).

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

homoe??? Was this idiom born out of filmdom???
It seems like it's some kind of movie line..... (I'm curious).

Funny you should ask!

My mother used this often and she meant that if a man broke a woman's heart they'd be hell to pay.

Then once someone said they had thought it was a bible verse.

I am not sure if it's every been used in a movie but it may well of been.

[Kätzchen]

......Light At The End Of The Tunnel......

This idiom is expressed when one has been working on specific projects or assignments, which often carry some sort of deadline expectation for completion of duties. When you reach a certain point toward completion, it's often an expression connotating that the end is nearing toward project completion.

[homoe]

"EVEN A BROKEN/STOPPED CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY"



Refers to when people get lucky but don’t deserve it, or are undeservedly successful....

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Your Goose Is Cooked..............


One of my favorites.. LOL

Meaning one is in Deep Trouble

No, no, no,,,,, you silly goose!!! *LOL*

You're in really BIG TROUBLE when your full name rolls off the lips of the person you're in big trouble with... lol... (your mom, or someone of equal or bigger importance).

[homoe]

"Chief Cook And Bottle Washer".

To be the person who is responsible for everything...

[homoe]

Jill of all trades mistress of none.

A person that is competent with many skills but is not outstanding in any particular one.

IMHO this always comes off as a backhanded compliment to my way of thinking!

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

No, no, no,,,,, you silly goose!!! *LOL*

You're in really BIG TROUBLE when your full name rolls off the lips of the person you're in big trouble with... lol... (your mom, or someone of equal or bigger importance).

Jesus, how the hair would stand up on the back of my neck when I would hear my mother utter the words Candice _____ ________

Sidebar: I have a middle name that sort of sounds like two separate names so I'd hear 4 names actually!

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Jesus, how the hair would stand up on the back of my neck when I would hear my mother utter the words Candice _____ ________

My mother had the same effect too.
I'm guessing my son's might say the same thing about me, as well.

[homoe]

Laughing All The Way To The Bank.


To make lot of money very easily, often because someone else has been stupid.

[homoe]

"Go For Broke"

To risk everything in order to achieve the result you want.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

"Go For Broke"

To risk everything in order to achieve the result you want.

If I had to narrow any one saying down to my ALL TIME favorite expression,, ,,,, ,,,,, then, it's this one. I say it so often.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Laughing All The Way To The Bank.


To make lot of money very easily, often because someone else has been stupid.

I'd say it's more like ..... lack of vision? Planning? Or, maybe even Dumb Luck??? But it's completely possible that it might be because of some factor of unforeseen level of stupidity.

What do you think???

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I'd say it's more like ..... lack of vision? Planning? Or, maybe even Dumb Luck??? But it's completely possible that it might be because of some factor of unforeseen level of stupidity.

What do you think???

I always thought myself it referred to dumb luck !

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

If I had to narrow any one saying down to my ALL TIME favorite expression,, ,,,, ,,,,, then, it's this one. I say it so opportunity often.

Yup I enjoy this one as well! When one really wants something BAD why not take a leap of faith and risk it all........nothing ventured nothing gainned

[homoe]

"The Flip Side Of A Coin"



The opposite view of any issue.