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Katie-Scarlet -> Phrases you just don't get (5/17/2009 7:57:47 PM)
Do you have a phrase that you just don't get, that just doesn't seem to make much sense, post it here. Clean as a whistle - aren't they full of spit so really how clean are they Make money hand over fist - [sm=sadquestion.gif] pleased as punch - punch has feelings? pish tosh or fiddle fiddle - just huh?

pink.. -> Phrases you just don't get (5/18/2009 12:38:56 AM)
Head over heels in love. Isn't your head over your heels anyway? Raining cats and dogs.

woodbassics -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/19/2009 3:03:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PinkCarnations quote: Head over heels in love. Isn't your head over your heels anyway? Yeah, you'd think it would be, "Heels over head in love." But we just won't go there anyway.

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/19/2009 7:53:38 PM)
ORIGINAL: woodbassics quote: ORIGINAL: PinkCarnations Head over heels in love. Isn't your head over your heels anyway? quote: Yeah, you'd think it would be, "Heels over head in love." But we just won't go there anyway. LOL

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/20/2009 9:10:39 AM)
To sweet (sp?) as in You better get over her to sweet! (from the old black and white cop films) Cut you to the quick Put your sorries in a sac

SaranadeMe -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/20/2009 10:16:23 PM)
Clean as a whistle refers not to the "put your lips together and blow" whistle but the little instrument. You want an old reed whistle to remain clean from debris. There's apparently also rumors that it refers to a the whistling sound a sword makes slicing through the air.... But consensus is that it refers to the reed whistle needing to be clean, smooth and free of moisture or debris. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/402100

SaranadeMe -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/20/2009 10:19:12 PM)
Cutting to the quick, as I understand it, refers to the edge of the fingernail. The phrase has come to mean cutting deep, but the quick is that line between nail that you can live without, and the pink part where it's gonna hurt.

Elena1030 -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/20/2009 10:31:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Katie-Scarlet To sweet (sp?) as in You better get over her to sweet! (from the old black and white cop films) Tout de suite is the correct spelling. It's French for "immediately, right away." ht to Wikipedia For the anglicized version, you'd spell it toot sweet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's one..... fixin' as in.............. fixin' ta git on dat ar-plane [8D]

letusreason -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/21/2009 11:05:06 AM)
"Penny for your thoughts" like who deteremined the monetary value of thoughts and why hasn't it kept pace with inflation?

Focusing -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/22/2009 7:53:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: letusreason "Penny for your thoughts" like who deteremined the monetary value of thoughts and why hasn't it kept pace with inflation? hee hee [:D] I could care less ........... does that mean a person really cares a lot?

pink.. -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/23/2009 1:49:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: desertgirl I could care less ........... does that mean a person really cares a lot? I've heard that one is actually supposed to be "I could not (or couldn't) care less" and that is why it often doesn't make sense.

A-Mighty-Oak -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/23/2009 12:57:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: letusreason "Penny for your thoughts" like who deteremined the monetary value of thoughts and why hasn't it kept pace with inflation? Reminds me of a song from the 80's: A Penny For Your Thoughts, A nickel for your kiss, and a dime if you tell me that you love me.

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (5/27/2009 9:41:51 AM)
Golly gee whilikers ( none of it makes sense even if the dictionary does have a meaning for them)

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/3/2009 9:05:16 AM)
This is selling like HOT CAKES! I could be missing out on a great business. I should be selling flap jacks! Why are they called flap jacks and why is a hole in the street called a pot hole?

Tinkerbell_ -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/3/2009 10:33:27 AM)
How about, "This is the best thing sliced bread?" where things really that bad that sliced bread is that awesome?

pink.. -> Phrases you just don't get (6/3/2009 11:40:53 AM)
Has anyone really ever seen it rain cats and dogs?

DaveW -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/4/2009 9:14:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Katie-Scarlet To sweet (sp?) as in You better get over her to sweet! Actualy it is "toot sweet." It is a corruption from a french term meaning 'all at once.'

IwillseekHim -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/7/2009 8:13:42 AM)
How bout, never let your right hand know what your left hand is doing? That one has always puzzled me[:o]. If ya have both of them attached to one body how is that even possible?

pink.. -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/7/2009 10:34:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: IwillseekHim How bout, never let your right hand know what your left hand is doing? That one has always puzzled me[:o]. If ya have both of them attached to one body how is that even possible? I don't know. I'll have to ask God about that one since it's in His Book. Good question.

Winnieie -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/8/2009 6:45:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PinkCarnations Has anyone really ever seen it rain cats and dogs? I guess I've always thought of that one meaning the rain drops are so big and heavy with it raining so hard...but I dont know. Nice dog by the way.

pink.. -> Phrases you just don't get (6/8/2009 8:48:56 PM)
[:D][sm=thumbsup.gif]

Not-Home-Yet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/13/2009 6:54:56 PM)
How about this saying as hot as a hog in a christmas tree .... I don't know if I don't get it but I have never seem a hog in a christmas tree [:D]

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/13/2009 7:44:34 PM)
The cats meow as in "she's the cats meow" Pot calling the kettle black The apple of your eye

pink.. -> Phrases you just don't get (6/13/2009 10:07:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Katie-Scarlet The apple of your eye It's in the Bible. I can't remember where in the OT, but God's creation is referred to as the apple of His eye.

Katie-Scarlet -> RE: Phrases you just don't get (6/13/2009 10:55:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PinkCarnations quote: ORIGINAL: Katie-Scarlet The apple of your eye It's in the Bible. I can't remember where in the OT, but God's creation is referred to as the apple of His eye. I still just don't get it. Apples... eyes?[;)]

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