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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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I shoud cocoa!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :eek2:
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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
    this house isn't a brothel
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Don't come running to me if you break both your legs! :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Now you're just cutting your nose off to spite your face
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i cant see for looking....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    on that note, 'can't see the wood for the trees'
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Can I ask for somebody to explain this to me? None of those make any sense, but you all seem to know whats going on :crying:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    English idioms, kind of phrases that people say to be wise, they don't mean much word for word but they do mean stuff... take the wood for the trees one, it's like, you can't see the bigger picture because you are looking too much at details.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    OH, so like don't cry over spilled milk?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Knee High Stripy Socks wrote:
    Yeah :)

    Yay, thank you, doesn't charity work make you feel better ;)

    And, can't shoot a dead horse actually I might have just made that one up but i'm sure theres one out there about a dead horse or shooting a horse or maybe just a horse in general
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink, perhaps?

    And how about 'the pot calling the kettle black'
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    girlinthecurl wrote:
    i think its, "no use in beating a dead horse" or something.


    how about....

    the pot calling the kettle black?

    Thats it, high five.

    Wish in one hand, spit in the other
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Never look a gift horse in the mouth?
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    girlinthecurl wrote:
    i think its, "no use in beating a dead horse" or something.

    No point in flogging a dead horse.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    A change is as good as a rest.

    A mans house is his castle.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Trying to teach granny to suck eggs :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    a face only a mother could love?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    every dog has its day
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    kill two birds with one stone.....?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You can't skin the knickers off a bare arse.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey :D

    (meaning here )
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Worse things happen at sea. (Wartime saying and one of my Nan's favourites.)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A watched kettle never boils.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well....

    a watched phone never rings....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    snapping_crocodile wrote:
    Don't come running to me if you break both your legs! :confused:

    :confused::lol:

    A man's house is his castle.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,283 Skive's The Limit
    Jarvey Of Suburbia wrote:
    A man's house is his castle.

    I done that one already.
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