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Old sayings which make NO sense

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    "I was scared to death"
    "you look like death" - fucking cheers !
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In a nutshell
    It's raining cats and dogs
    I'm in a bit of a pickle!
    You're no spring chicken yourself!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What about having your cake and eating it

    I mean what else are you supposed to do with a cake? :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DG wrote: »
    What about having your cake and eating it

    I mean what else are you supposed to do with a cake? :chin:

    :lol: I don't understand what this saying means either.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It makes perfect sense to me, but no-one in my office could work out what an 'Interview without coffee' meant...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Flashman's Ghost wrote: »
    It makes perfect sense to me, but no-one in my office could work out what an 'Interview without coffee' meant...

    Gooel Knew..

    Dictionary definition of “interview without coffee” interview without coffee

    n. a formal disciplinary meeting or official reprimand; a dressing-down.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DG wrote: »
    What about having your cake and eating it

    I mean what else are you supposed to do with a cake? :chin:

    The full thing is "You can't have your cake and eat it", which originally started the other way round; "You can't eat your cake, and have your cake", as in, you can't eat it and still have it afterwards. As in, you can't have things both ways.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    squeal wrote: »
    Curiosity killed the cat - Is there actually a story behind that?

    I remember the band...

    *is old*
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Flashman's Ghost wrote: »
    It makes perfect sense to me, but no-one in my office could work out what an 'Interview without coffee' meant...

    It's pretty fucking obvious really. With coffee is a cosy chat, without means that you aren't really meant to be comfortable.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    1983 wrote: »
    'Stitch in time saves nine!'

    When I was tought to sew hems etc. by hand, I was told to count one, two, three... and do a double stitch in the tenth. So, if you pick up a loose thread a stitch it back in straight away, it would save you from having to stitch all nine stitches between the double ones that stop a thread pulling all the way out of a hem.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    'As nutty as a fruit cake' - Meaning someone is nuts. But fruit cakes aren't nutty...are they?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    when you ask my aunt where something is and she doesn't know she says: 'on my eyelash having a swing'!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have in front of me A Dictionary Of Everyday Idioms.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote: »
    It's pretty fucking obvious really. With coffee is a cosy chat, without means that you aren't really meant to be comfortable.

    Which is what I thought it meant.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    When my grandma drops something, or is expressing shock at something she says 'oh blood and stomach!', instead of saying oh my god or something. i always wondered what that meant. iv only ever heard old people say it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    'Well slap my thigh with a wet tomato'
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