Solaria Goldshark Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Kudos. .....It's some kind of chewy granola bar, or some kind of compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Over the moon Meaning: delighted The full 9 yards The full monty Meaning: the whole thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli May Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Solaria Goldshark wrote: Pig in a poke. ......I think it's a good thing. Generally not: it meant being sold a piglet in a bag (the poke) to later open it and find a (much less valuable) dog. It warns against buying goods on trust, or taking something on face value. Sold a pup comes from the same shady practice. eta: just noticed the tone of your other posts, and detected an air of tongue in cheek. Looks like I put my foot in it and dropped a clanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coby Foden Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Venus Petrov wrote: raining cats and dogs I think in Spain the version is something like 'raining forks and knives' Where I live it doesn't do either. Here it will "rain like pouring from a barrel". (Sataa kuin saavista kaataen.) It's fun to notice that lots of English idioms are totally different from what we use. And thus lots of them are totally incomprehensible to me unless I check what they actually mean. There some though with exact same meaning, like: Pig in a poke. (i.e. pig in a sack) We use to say here: It's not worth buying pig in a sack. (Ei kannata ostaa sikaa säkissä.) We also have: "Don't look gift horse in the mouth" (Ei ole lahjahevosta suuhun katsominen.) [Edit] Added translations into that strange language what people use to speak over here. :matte-motes-big-grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That "raining cats and dogs" reminded me of another one... Brass monkeys Meaning: very cold. Example: It's brass monkeys out there. Info: It's a shortened version of 'It's cold enough to freeze the b-a-l-l-s off a brass monkey'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I don't think I have seen any of these here yet... "Rode hard and hung up wet." "Two sheets to the wind." "Feeling no pain." "That'll come back to bite you in the butt." "So dry I'm spittin cotton." "Sleeping like a log." "Asleep at the wheel." "A heart of gold." "A day late and a dollar short." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 gnat's whisker Meaning: very tiny - same as cat's whisker Example: Move it just a gnat's whisker to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Thrown under the bus Another country heard from /* I apologize if I have missed seeing these in the hundreds of idioms preceding */ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 "The Midas touch." "Sound like a broken record." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I learned a new one today: Premature Articulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 "I resemble that remark." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 As Barney Fife used to say, "**bleep** it in the bud." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Pipe down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Did a cat get your tongue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Have we run out of room to swing a cat here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 "Well, you've opened a can of worms." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Look who the cat just dragged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 "Who let the cat out of the bag?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Are you playing cat and mouse now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Suck it up, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenbro Utu Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 "Can't you see the writing on the wall. It's plain as day." Two for one special today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Monday Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Normally, I'm the first person to complain when someone goes back to a thread weeks after its ended...but I saw this on YouTube and wanted to post it. By the way..check out their other videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Cut my teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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