I actually said that once to my rude co-worker who seems to think everything should be handed to her on a silver platter. No surprised that she got angry with me. lol
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Question of the Day, Sunday, May 15, 2016
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oh my!
I think that must be British as I'd never heard it until I lived in the UK. Didn't know what they were saying at first!
Can you imagine how confusing idioms are to those who learn English as a second language? I wonder if English is particularly weird or other languages have strange sayings. Apparently in Russian "love is as sweet as a carrot". :indiff:
How about "let the cat out of the bag"?
One I started hearing about 20 or 25 years ago: Two french fries short of a happy meal for someone lacking common sense.
I never heard this, but I love it!
That's like two slices short of a sandwich.
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ahhh, i hadn't heard that one!
here's an idiom that isn't used very often -- cuckoo for cocoa puffs, which means crazy in general -- but it's not used when it's truly a mental illness.
and the line, cuckoo for cocoa puffs originated in this commercial...
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that's a really good idiom!I think that must be British as I'd never heard it until I lived in the UK. Didn't know what they were saying at first!
Can you imagine how confusing idioms are to those who learn English as a second language? I wonder if English is particularly weird or other languages have strange sayings. Apparently in Russian "love is as sweet as a carrot".
How about "let the cat out of the bag"?
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aaaaaaahhh!!!
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another great one!
then there's: not the brightest bulb (in the box/on the tree/in the chandelier), a few cans short of a 6-pack, and a personal favorite of mine is bats in the belfry.
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that's an interesting idiom, which i also hadn't heard before!
Another one meaning gone mad:
His butter slipped right off his noodles!
And, one of my very favorites, and yet another cat one:
If the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call them biscuits!!!
SNORTLE...that one was said by my very southern gramma when a northern transplant neighbor mentioned that at least her kids would be considered southerners...it was said gently, but it was said. Both my parents families come from the very deep south...to them, a Yankee has nothing to do with the Mason-Dixon line. You're a Yankee if you are from north of the Spanish Moss line!
His butter slipped right off his noodles!
And, one of my very favorites, and yet another cat one:
If the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call them biscuits!!!
SNORTLE...that one was said by my very southern gramma when a northern transplant neighbor mentioned that at least her kids would be considered southerners...it was said gently, but it was said. Both my parents families come from the very deep south...to them, a Yankee has nothing to do with the Mason-Dixon line. You're a Yankee if you are from north of the Spanish Moss line!
My mom tells me that all the time - especially when I'm mad at someone :lol3:
Then there's "don't cut off your nose to spite your face".
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aaaaaaaahh!
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really good idiom!My mom tells me that all the time - especially when I'm mad at someone
Then there's "don't cut off your nose to spite your face".
