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01-15-21, 11:22 AM | #106 |
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"Nick" - "The Nick" can refer to prison, while "to nick" also means to steal.
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01-16-21, 02:30 PM | #107 |
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"On it like a car bonnet" - This colloquialism might be said by someone that has the situation under control.
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01-17-21, 09:52 AM | #108 |
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Sette bukken til å passe havresekken - Have the billy goat looking after the bag of oats - Put someone in charge where they can exploit it for their own benefit, be it to enrich themselves or covering up their own wrongdoings.
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01-17-21, 09:55 AM | #109 |
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Tomme tønner rumler mest - Empty barrels rumble the most - Those who shout the loudest have the least significant things to say
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01-17-21, 10:57 AM | #110 |
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"On the pull" - Someone that's "on the pull" has gone out, usually on a night out, with the intention of attracting a sexual partner.
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01-19-21, 02:29 PM | #111 |
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"Over-egg the pudding" - Means embellishing or over-doing something to the extent that it's detrimental to the finished product.
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01-20-21, 10:35 AM | #112 |
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"Pear-shaped" - A situation which has quickly evolved into an accident waiting to happen might be described as "gone pear-shaped."
The phrase is reportedly old slang from the Royal Air Force and was used to described awry expeditions and flights.
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01-20-21, 10:56 AM | #113 |
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Reading one of Platapus comment in one of my other threads made me remember another Saying in Denmark
the dot over the i Means -that you more or less make the final details for the product. Markus |
01-20-21, 11:41 AM | #114 |
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...and cross yer 'T's too!
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01-20-21, 11:45 AM | #115 |
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While watching the live coverage from USA I once again recalled another saying
The train has left Means - It's too late E.g. For "politician" and their supporters the train has left. Markus |
01-21-21, 07:43 AM | #116 |
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"Pea-souper" - A "pea-souper" is a thick fog, often with a yellow or black tinge, caused by air pollution.
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01-21-21, 08:41 AM | #117 |
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One of my late farthers old sayings was many a miccle makes a muckle
many small things can add up to make a big thing
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01-24-21, 02:00 PM | #118 |
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"Pop your clogs" - To "pop your clogs" means to die.
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01-24-21, 05:09 PM | #119 |
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what you lose on the swings you make up on the merry-go round---another way of saying "what comes around goes around"
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01-25-21, 11:42 AM | #120 |
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"Poppycock" - Something that is nonsense, rubbish, or simply untrue might be described as "poppycock."
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