There are quite a few sayings out there which don’t seem to make sense! Can anyone add to the few that I have heard or possibly where they came from?
Sleep like a baby – what, wake up every 2 hours crying and looking for a drink?
Work like a dog – if anything like my dog, then its sleep like a dog!
Pissed as a newt – what the??
Any other thoughts?
hehehe[laughing]
* Bloody oath (sounds gruesome!)
* We had a ball (a ball of what?)Tam
I’m spending a year dead for tax reasons – Douglas Adams
going on a bender – bending what?
a good one i heard in indonesian is
berada undang yang belakang batu
(theres a prawn behind the rock)
from what i eventually found out it means “theres a hidden agenda”cheers
shaunLead, Follow or get out of the bloody way
stuffed if I know – some kind of unthinkable punishment for having knowledge?[angry2]
don’t come the raw prawn – well no, I’d rather it cooked[blush2]
she’ll be apples – comparing apples to oranges, something to do with insurance for over 55’s?[blink]
sweet as – as what? (one for the kiwis)[biggrin]
Sharon
“right as rain” – ???
“Gay as a post” – appart from being offensive, why are posts gay (is that happy?)
“tight as a fishes bum” – ignor the spelling
the rest are too rude to put in writing!
Cheers
C@34
C@34,
The other one like “tight as a fishes bum” is so “tight he couldn’t pass a strawberry seed”!
Keep’m coming!!
so “tight he couldn’t pass a strawberry seed”!
[laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]That one is excellent! Gets my vote for the best one! hahahahahahha
what about:
sh*t hot. (not that i’ve checked the temperature of late, but it’s not THAT hot is it?)
a saying i heard in response to a bunch of “and if”‘s
“and if my dog sh*t beans, he’d be a greengrocer”I fell over laughing, but still don’t quite know what it means!
How about
“flopping about like a di*k in a shirtsleeve”theres one we used to use in the navy,
so my apologies if its offensive. which goesmate you must have 2 di.ks, cause you couldnt be that stupid with just one!
cheers
shaun
Lead, Follow or get out of the bloody way
* No skin off my nose
* Fair Dinkum
* There’s more than one way to skin a cat
* Get stuffed
* Sh*t-for-brains!What about when someone says,
‘My foot’s fallen asleep.’
(does that therefore mean it will keep you up all night???).
Cheers,
Gatsby!What about………
Happy as Larry
Gee I’d like to meet him
[biggrin]…carrying on like a frog in a sock.
It took me a while to get this one but once I actually visualised what a frog in a sock would do it was surprisingly similar to the pointless jumping up and down/ranting and raving (achieving nothing) that was being refered to at the time.
Kind Regards,
SonjaNot very tasteful but to be so hungry to “eat the crotch out of a low flying duck”.
love the frog in a sock!!
In the UK winter…”Brass monkey weather”…Which is a shortened version of “It’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”
1st… Do brass monkeys have balls and are they detachable?
2nd… What would be the purpose of a brass monkey in any kind of weather?
Nobleone. [blink]
“Making mistakes is just another another tool for learning.”
What about:
Falling head over turkey. I’ve never seen a turkey around when I have fallen over. If I did, it would be something to blame it on I guess.
oh my hat! What about your hat.
Bob’s your uncle. No he’s not
He’s a cracker. Does that mean if you put a light to him he would blow up? [confused2]
What about….
Bob’s your uncle!….well, he is not mine.
Camp as a row of tents!…who said tents were gay.
She’s Jake!…..is she sleeping in the tents.
Knuckle sandwich!…..I prefer chicken & salad.
Do your block!…..I’d rather subdivide.
Janette
Re Brass Monkey Weather for Nobleone
On old English Navy ships (back in the days of cannon and iron shot) to store the iron cannon balls and stop them from rolling around the deck, the balls had to be restrained. So a brass triangle was placed around them (picture setting up a rack of billiard balls). The triangle was called the Monkey. Now if you know your expansion / contraction of materials in differing temperatures, brass contracts faster and at a higher temperature than iron. So in cold weather the brass monkey would contract more than the iron balls, and the balls would be squeezed out of the monkey.
Thus we have weather cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
Aint language a wonderfull thing!Hey ShaunW,
Well I have lived and learnt for another day… That is fascinating… Does anyone else have any more like that?
Cheers, Nobleone. [biggrin]
“Making mistakes is just another another tool for learning.”
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