You Know That Saying ... (T/F?) - Page 77

EnchantedNightDweller · 12-18-2017, 08:12 PM

"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.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:43 PM

"That’s the way the cookie crumbles" ...

A situation that must be accepted.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:45 PM

"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"

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:51 PM

"At A Crossroads / "At Fork In The Road"............. –

At a point where an important decision must be made.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:52 PM

"Fish Or Cut Bait"................

Work productively on something or give up.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:54 PM

"Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't".........

A situation in which one can't win.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 12:57 PM

"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.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:26 PM

"Putting The Cart Before The Horse ..............

Something done in the wrong order.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:30 PM

"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!

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:36 PM

“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.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:39 PM

"To Lead Someone Up The Garden/Primrose Path" .........

To deceive someone by giving them misleading information.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:41 PM

“Eat your heart out!” ...........

An expression used to tell someone you think they are experiencing jealousy, regret, or anguish

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:55 PM

"To Not Have Your Heart In Something" .....

To not really want to do something.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:57 PM

"To take something to heart" ..............

To take something seriously and usually with offence.

homoe · 12-19-2017, 01:59 PM

"To tug at someone’s heartstrings" ..........

To appeal to someone’s emotions, to make someone feel sad, guilty, and/or sympathetic.

homoe · 12-20-2017, 01:09 AM

"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.

homoe · 12-20-2017, 01:17 AM

"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.

homoe · 12-20-2017, 11:46 AM

"Sober As A Judge"..............................

Meaning as sober (free from alcohol) as it is possible to be.

homoe · 12-20-2017, 11:47 AM

"Open And Shut Case"..............................

A simple and straightforward situation without complications.

homoe · 12-20-2017, 08:51 PM

"Ants In Your Pants" / "Antsy"

Restless due to nervousness or excitement!

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12-18-2017, 08:12 PM	#1521
EnchantedNightDweller Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: her, she Relationship Status: Being single is a good thing and I like it. Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 1,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,907 Thanked 2,462 Times in 803 Posts Rep Power: 21474847	"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.

12-19-2017, 12:43 PM	#1522
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	"That’s the way the cookie crumbles" ... A situation that must be accepted.

12-19-2017, 12:45 PM	#1523
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	"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"

12-19-2017, 12:51 PM	#1524
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	"At A Crossroads / "At Fork In The Road"............. – At a point where an important decision must be made.

12-19-2017, 12:52 PM	#1525
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	"Fish Or Cut Bait"................ Work productively on something or give up.

12-19-2017, 12:54 PM	#1526
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	"Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't"......... A situation in which one can't win.

12-19-2017, 12:57 PM	#1527
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	"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.

12-19-2017, 01:26 PM	#1528
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	"Putting The Cart Before The Horse .............. Something done in the wrong order.

12-19-2017, 01:30 PM	#1529
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	"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!

12-19-2017, 01:36 PM	#1530
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	“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.

12-19-2017, 01:39 PM	#1531
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	"To Lead Someone Up The Garden/Primrose Path" ......... To deceive someone by giving them misleading information.

12-19-2017, 01:41 PM	#1532
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	“Eat your heart out!” ........... An expression used to tell someone you think they are experiencing jealousy, regret, or anguish

12-19-2017, 01:55 PM	#1533
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	"To Not Have Your Heart In Something" ..... To not really want to do something.

12-19-2017, 01:57 PM	#1534
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	"To take something to heart" .............. To take something seriously and usually with offence.

12-19-2017, 01:59 PM	#1535
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	"To tug at someone’s heartstrings" .......... To appeal to someone’s emotions, to make someone feel sad, guilty, and/or sympathetic.

12-20-2017, 01:09 AM	#1536
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	"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.

12-20-2017, 01:17 AM	#1537
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	"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.

12-20-2017, 11:46 AM	#1538
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	"Sober As A Judge".............................. Meaning as sober (free from alcohol) as it is possible to be.

12-20-2017, 11:47 AM	#1539
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	"Open And Shut Case".............................. A simple and straightforward situation without complications.

12-20-2017, 08:51 PM	#1540
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	"Ants In Your Pants" / "Antsy" Restless due to nervousness or excitement!