Cat got your tongue? - Page 28

homoe · 10-24-2020, 05:53 PM

"Lined Up Like Cord-wood".........

Any items lined up in a neat and tidy way. Usually it a vast amount of one certain item.

homoe · 10-26-2020, 10:16 AM

"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head".......

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

homoe · 10-26-2020, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homoe

"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head".......

A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

And yes of course that should of been "Hole"! Thanks to the many that pointed that out......

homoe · 10-31-2020, 09:16 AM

"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished".......

A sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their being helpful.

homoe · 11-01-2020, 09:11 AM

"Fix Someone's Wagon"...

To take retaliatory action against someone. Get even with someone, get revenge on someone, spoil someone's chance of success.

cathexis · 11-01-2020, 02:35 PM

She hung the moon.
AND
She's the bee's knees.

Both mean that they're something fabulous.

homoe · 11-03-2020, 07:40 AM

"Early Bird Gets The Worm"..

One who arrives first has the best chance for success. Someone who is very active and alert in the early hours of the morning is apt to find success.

homoe · 11-06-2020, 06:36 AM

"Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch"......

You should not assume that what you think will happen will happen!

Stone-Butch · 11-06-2020, 03:11 PM

ruffle (one's) feathers

To annoy, irritate, or upset someone. ... Don't let her ruffle your feathers like that!

Stone-Butch · 11-06-2020, 03:14 PM

Definition of flip one's wig

: to become crazy or very angry
His mother flipped her wig when she saw what a mess he'd made.

C0LLETTE · 11-06-2020, 08:31 PM

Rub his nose in it...

What Biden should do to Trump....

Stone-Butch · 11-07-2020, 04:58 PM

don't put all your eggs in one basket
phrase of egg
PROVERB
don't risk everything on the success of one venture.

Stone-Butch · 11-07-2020, 05:03 PM

Don't question the value of a gift. The proverb refers to the practice of evaluating the age of a horse by looking at its teeth. This practice is also the source of the expression “long in the tooth,” meaning old.

Stone-Butch · 11-07-2020, 05:05 PM

Origin of Stick in the Mud

This expression originated in the early 1700s. The idea behind is clear, alluding to a vehicle (at the time, a horse drawn carriage) whose wheels were stuck in the mud. Someone who is a stick in the mud doesn't want to try new things.

homoe · 11-10-2020, 06:03 PM

"Packed In Like Sardines".......

If a group of people are packed like sardines, they are standing very close together because there is not enough room in an enclosed space.

Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space; pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant.

Stone-Butch · 11-11-2020, 12:55 PM

The phrase “paint the town red” most likely owes its origin to one legendary night of drunkenness. In 1837, the Marquis of Waterford—a known lush and mischief maker—led a group of friends on a night of drinking through the English town of Melton Mowbray. The bender culminated in vandalism after Waterford and his fellow revelers knocked over flowerpots, pulled knockers off of doors and broke the windows of some of the town’s buildings. To top it all off, the mob literally painted a tollgate, the doors of several homes and a swan statue with red paint. The marquis and his pranksters later compensated Melton for the damages, but their drunken escapade is likely the reason that “paint the town red” became shorthand for a wild night out. Still yet another theory suggests the phrase was actually born out of the brothels of the American West, and referred to men behaving as though their whole town were a red-light district.

homoe · 12-28-2020, 09:59 AM

"Don 't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth"

Don't find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor. Don't be ungrateful when you receive a present, even if it's not exactly what you wanted.

homoe · 12-28-2020, 04:15 PM

"Have Egg On Your Face".........

To be very embarrassed because of something you said or did: look foolish.

homoe · 12-28-2020, 04:45 PM

"Shoot Yourself In The Foot".....

To damage or impede one's own plans, progress, or actions through foolish actions or words. Foolishly harm one's own agenda: cause yourself trouble by being stupid.

Stone-Butch · 12-28-2020, 05:12 PM

To beat around the bush.

Not wanting to give an outright opinion of your own.

Spill the beans. OR Let the cat out of the bag.

The secret is out.

11-06-2020, 03:11 PM	#549
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11-06-2020, 03:14 PM	#550
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,202 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,188 Thanked 8,469 Times in 2,635 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Cat got your tongue? Definition of flip one's wig : to become crazy or very angry His mother flipped her wig when she saw what a mess he'd made.

11-06-2020, 08:31 PM	#551
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11-07-2020, 04:58 PM	#552
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11-07-2020, 05:03 PM	#553
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,202 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,188 Thanked 8,469 Times in 2,635 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Cat got your tongue? Don't question the value of a gift. The proverb refers to the practice of evaluating the age of a horse by looking at its teeth. This practice is also the source of the expression “long in the tooth,” meaning old.

10-24-2020, 05:53 PM	#541
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Lined Up Like Cord-wood"......... Any items lined up in a neat and tidy way. Usually it a vast amount of one certain item.

10-26-2020, 10:16 AM	#542
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"I Need That Like A Whole In My Head"....... A superfluous item, something one does not want at all. To have absolutely no need or use for something.

10-31-2020, 09:16 AM	#544
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"....... A sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their being helpful.

11-01-2020, 09:11 AM	#545
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Fix Someone's Wagon"... To take retaliatory action against someone. Get even with someone, get revenge on someone, spoil someone's chance of success.

11-01-2020, 02:35 PM	#546
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,710 Times in 1,603 Posts Rep Power: 21474848	She hung the moon. AND She's the bee's knees. Both mean that they're something fabulous.

11-03-2020, 07:40 AM	#547
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Early Bird Gets The Worm".. One who arrives first has the best chance for success. Someone who is very active and alert in the early hours of the morning is apt to find success.

11-06-2020, 06:36 AM	#548
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch"...... You should not assume that what you think will happen will happen!

11-07-2020, 05:05 PM	#554
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,202 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,188 Thanked 8,469 Times in 2,635 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Cat got your tongue? Origin of Stick in the Mud This expression originated in the early 1700s. The idea behind is clear, alluding to a vehicle (at the time, a horse drawn carriage) whose wheels were stuck in the mud. Someone who is a stick in the mud doesn't want to try new things.

11-10-2020, 06:03 PM	#555
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Packed In Like Sardines"....... If a group of people are packed like sardines, they are standing very close together because there is not enough room in an enclosed space. Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space; pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant.

11-11-2020, 12:55 PM	#556
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,202 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,188 Thanked 8,469 Times in 2,635 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Cat got your tongue? The phrase “paint the town red” most likely owes its origin to one legendary night of drunkenness. In 1837, the Marquis of Waterford—a known lush and mischief maker—led a group of friends on a night of drinking through the English town of Melton Mowbray. The bender culminated in vandalism after Waterford and his fellow revelers knocked over flowerpots, pulled knockers off of doors and broke the windows of some of the town’s buildings. To top it all off, the mob literally painted a tollgate, the doors of several homes and a swan statue with red paint. The marquis and his pranksters later compensated Melton for the damages, but their drunken escapade is likely the reason that “paint the town red” became shorthand for a wild night out. Still yet another theory suggests the phrase was actually born out of the brothels of the American West, and referred to men behaving as though their whole town were a red-light district.

12-28-2020, 09:59 AM	#557
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Don 't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" Don't find fault with something that has been received as a gift or favor. Don't be ungrateful when you receive a present, even if it's not exactly what you wanted.

12-28-2020, 04:15 PM	#558
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Have Egg On Your Face"......... To be very embarrassed because of something you said or did: look foolish.

12-28-2020, 04:45 PM	#559
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 33,586 Times in 14,918 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	"Shoot Yourself In The Foot"..... To damage or impede one's own plans, progress, or actions through foolish actions or words. Foolishly harm one's own agenda: cause yourself trouble by being stupid.

12-28-2020, 05:12 PM	#560
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,202 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,188 Thanked 8,469 Times in 2,635 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	To beat around the bush. Not wanting to give an outright opinion of your own. Spill the beans. OR Let the cat out of the bag. The secret is out.