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"Let's get the show on the road."
1930s reference probably from circus or travelling theatre group, used in a line in "From Here to Eternity," a favorite saying in a Kindergarten room to begin a new activity. |
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"That’s the way the cookie crumbles" ...
A situation that must be accepted. |
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"The icing on the cake"........
An additional benefit/disaster that improves/worsens an already very good/bad situation. Sidebar: I had never known this idiom relating to a negative. In the Midwest for a negative idiom, it would be "And The Topper Was" |
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"At A Crossroads / "At Fork In The Road"............. –
At a point where an important decision must be made. |
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"Fish Or Cut Bait"................
Work productively on something or give up. |
12-19-2017, 12:54 PM | #1526 |
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"Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't".........
A situation in which one can't win. |
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"Can't Win For Losing".........................
A phrase meaning that things would be going great for you if they weren't going so badly. One is unable to find or create any success; one has been constantly and/or thoroughly defeated, bested, or belittled. |
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"Putting The Cart Before The Horse ..............
Something done in the wrong order. |
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"Cool Your Jets"! –
Meaning to calm down! Sidebar: When I was a kid there was a tennis shoe with a red ball/dot on the heel and IF I'm not mistaken I think they were called Red Ball Jets so perhaps some part of the idiom came from that, I dunno! |
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“Oops-a-daisy!” .........
An expression of encouragement said to a child who has fallen/has hurt him or herself, an expression of mild annoyance used when something has gone wrong. |
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"To Lead Someone Up The Garden/Primrose Path" .........
To deceive someone by giving them misleading information. |
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“Eat your heart out!” ...........
An expression used to tell someone you think they are experiencing jealousy, regret, or anguish |
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"To Not Have Your Heart In Something" .....
To not really want to do something. |
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"To take something to heart" ..............
To take something seriously and usually with offence. |
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"To tug at someone’s heartstrings" ..........
To appeal to someone’s emotions, to make someone feel sad, guilty, and/or sympathetic. |
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"Like a broken record" .............
Meaning annoyingly repetitive usually used to describe someone constantly repeating an unwanted or unpleasant opinion. To say the same thing over and over again. |
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"Better To Be Safe Than Sorry"................
It is better to act cautiously beforehand than to suffer afterward. It is better to expend the time or effort to be cautious with one's actions than to feel regret about one's carelessness later. |
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"Sober As A Judge"..............................
Meaning as sober (free from alcohol) as it is possible to be. |
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"Open And Shut Case"..............................
A simple and straightforward situation without complications. |
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"Ants In Your Pants" / "Antsy"
Restless due to nervousness or excitement! |
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