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Phrases That Make Little or No Sense
Front-Ranger:
We do have another saying about a bear, though. We say,
Does a bear shit in the woods?
meaning,
It's obvious.
And we also have
Is the Pope catholic?
meaning,
It's obvious.
Then there's
Is the bear catholic? and, Does the Pope shit in the woods?
:laugh:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kerry on April 21, 2010, 03:09:47 am ---And instead of "A guest and a fish are after three day poison," we Aussies say (blunt as usual) "Fish and house guests go off after three days." (I believe the Romans originally gave us that one)
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Passed on by Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac: "After three days, fish and house guests begin to stink."
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Kerry on April 20, 2010, 03:19:36 am ---Off like a bride’s nightie.
Meaning - Move very quickly
Example – “I’m off like a bride’s nightie.” (I’m leaving immediately)
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:laugh:
I've heard a similar expression here in the US.
It's become customary here when the senior prom happens, the young couples will go and have sex to end the night's festivities.
Hence the phrase:
"I'm off, like a pair of panties on prom night!"
:laugh:
Another similar one (that I've used).....lol
Another way to same "I'm off" is "I'm out" (I'm leaving) and here in NYC we have The Village, which is a gay mecca, and the most well known street is Christopher Street.
Hence the phrase:
"I'm out, like a queer on Christopher St."
Lynne:
"Like it or lump it."
Lump how? What?
BayCityJohn:
--- Quote from: Lynne on April 26, 2010, 06:58:26 pm ---"Like it or lump it."
Lump how? What?
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'First of all, I'm a-going to call you Boffin, for short,' said Wegg.
'If you don't like it, it's open to you to lump it.'
- Charles Dickens
http://dickens.thefreelibrary.com/Our-Mutual-Friend/4-3
LUMP, v. [Of symbolic sound; cf. DUMP, GLUMP, GRUMP, HUMP, MUMP.]
1. intr. To look sulky or disagreeable . . .
[Quotation:] 1577 "They stand lumping and lowring . . . for that they imagine that their evill lucke proceedeth of him."
2. trans. In antithesis with "like": To be displeased at (something that must be endured), colloq.
[Quotations:] 1833 "Let 'em lump it if they don't like it." . . . 1878 "I'll buy clothes as I see fit, and if anybody don't like it, why they may lump it, that's all."
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