Wierd sayings - Page 11

lookout123 · 11-14-2005, 09:12 PM

"guess why"

"chicken thigh"

i don't know either, BigV.

"guess how"

"up a cow"

ewwww.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-14-2005, 09:28 PM

And Ian Fleming having a bit of fun with a phrase, shouted from offstage, as it were, in the background of a James Bond novel that has Bond taking the cure in a spa that gave plenty of enemas: "See you later, Irrigator!"

Well, it was racy about nineteen-sixty.

DanaC · 11-16-2005, 10:50 AM

"In the US we say "happy as a clam". In Mexico it's "happy as a worm."

In the UK, we say Happy as Larry or I have even heard ( though a little archaic) "Happy as a sandboy"

barefoot serpent · 11-16-2005, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

In Mexico it's "happy as a worm."

so would you be -- if you spent your life in a bottle of Mezcal:

bargalunan · 11-16-2005, 12:05 PM

"Avoir la gueule de bois" : "to have a wood face" : to be sick after being drunk

"Appuyer sur le champignon" : "to push the mushroom" : to accelerate

"être haut comme trois pommes" : "to be high as 3 apples" : to be small

"se creuser la tête" : "to dig one's head" : to think

"se mettre le doigt dans l'oeil" : "to put one's finger in the eye" : to be wrong / make a mistake

"tomber dans les pommes" : "to fall in the apples" : to blank out

"poser un lapin" : "to put a rabbit" : to miss a rendez-vous

"avoir un coup de foudre" : "to feel a lightning" : to love at first sight

Cyclefrance · 11-16-2005, 02:14 PM

Happy as a pig in clover (or shit)

One of my grandmother's (and therefore exceedingly old):

'In and out like a fart in a cullender'

Similar for a fussily busy person:

'Up and down like a yo-yo'

jinx · 11-16-2005, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

'In and out like a fart in a cullender'

Is that typo or a difference in spelling from the american "colander"? Just wondering...

Cyclefrance · 11-16-2005, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Is that typo or a difference in spelling from the american "colander"? Just wondering...

Well, I must admit that I spelled it that way, thought it looked all right, but wasn't 100% sure so checked on the internet and was told that it was an OK spelling (but so was colander.....). The strain is telling on us both!!

footfootfoot · 11-16-2005, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

snip... The strain is telling on us both!!

OH! The humanity!

I love in and out like a fart in a colander. I can't wait to use it!

Sundae · 11-17-2005, 04:41 AM

Once we'd reached our teens my parents didn't watch their mouths quite as closely. The following were brought to mind by the up & down phrase & I think you can work out the subsequent theme:

Up & down like a whore's knickers
A whore's breakfast - alcohol before midday
A whore's bath - washing pits & bits in the sink
Like a whore at a christening - surprisingly decorous behaviour
Smells like a tart's boudoir - usually used about men wearing any scent but Brut for Men

wolf · 11-17-2005, 10:17 AM

"Come Hell or high water."

barefoot serpent · 11-17-2005, 10:21 AM

Going to Hell in a handbasket.

dar512 · 11-17-2005, 12:05 PM

Dead to rights.

Anyone know the origin of this?

wolf · 11-18-2005, 01:46 AM

Exactly where or what is the "get-go?"

capnhowdy · 11-18-2005, 06:57 AM

I think its the same thing as "right off the bat"

11-14-2005, 09:28 PM	#152
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And Ian Fleming having a bit of fun with a phrase, shouted from offstage, as it were, in the background of a James Bond novel that has Bond taking the cure in a spa that gave plenty of enemas: "See you later, Irrigator!" Well, it was racy about nineteen-sixty. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-16-2005, 02:14 PM	#156
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Happy as a pig in clover (or shit) One of my grandmother's (and therefore exceedingly old): 'In and out like a fart in a cullender' Similar for a fussily busy person: 'Up and down like a yo-yo' __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

11-17-2005, 10:17 AM	#161
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	"Come Hell or high water." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-17-2005, 12:05 PM	#163
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Dead to rights. Anyone know the origin of this? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-18-2005, 01:46 AM	#164
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Exactly where or what is the "get-go?" __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-14-2005, 09:12 PM	#151
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	"guess why" "chicken thigh" i don't know either, BigV. "guess how" "up a cow" ewwww.

11-16-2005, 10:50 AM	#153
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	"In the US we say "happy as a clam". In Mexico it's "happy as a worm." In the UK, we say Happy as Larry or I have even heard ( though a little archaic) "Happy as a sandboy"

11-16-2005, 12:05 PM	#155
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	"Avoir la gueule de bois" : "to have a wood face" : to be sick after being drunk "Appuyer sur le champignon" : "to push the mushroom" : to accelerate "être haut comme trois pommes" : "to be high as 3 apples" : to be small "se creuser la tête" : "to dig one's head" : to think "se mettre le doigt dans l'oeil" : "to put one's finger in the eye" : to be wrong / make a mistake "tomber dans les pommes" : "to fall in the apples" : to blank out "poser un lapin" : "to put a rabbit" : to miss a rendez-vous "avoir un coup de foudre" : "to feel a lightning" : to love at first sight

11-17-2005, 04:41 AM	#160
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Once we'd reached our teens my parents didn't watch their mouths quite as closely. The following were brought to mind by the up & down phrase & I think you can work out the subsequent theme: Up & down like a whore's knickers A whore's breakfast - alcohol before midday A whore's bath - washing pits & bits in the sink Like a whore at a christening - surprisingly decorous behaviour Smells like a tart's boudoir - usually used about men wearing any scent but Brut for Men

11-17-2005, 10:21 AM	#162
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Going to Hell in a handbasket.

11-18-2005, 06:57 AM	#165
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I think its the same thing as "right off the bat" __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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