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Old sayings which make NO sense
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Such as...
'Dressed to the nines'
'Driving me around the bend'
'Cutting your nose off to spite your face'
'Happy as Larry' - who's Larry?!
'Hasn't got a leg to stand on'
'Sandwich short of a picnic'
Two shakes of a lamb's tail'
'It's awful close in here!' - meaning it's really hot.
'It is when you think about it'
What're the other ones?
'Dressed to the nines'
'Driving me around the bend'
'Cutting your nose off to spite your face'
'Happy as Larry' - who's Larry?!
'Hasn't got a leg to stand on'
'Sandwich short of a picnic'
Two shakes of a lamb's tail'
'It's awful close in here!' - meaning it's really hot.
'It is when you think about it'
What're the other ones?
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It'll all come out in the wash
Not if I see you first
That actually makes sense. It means, I don't like you, so if I see you before you see me, I'll avoid you.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
That one makes sense.
Oui, just what I was going to say as well.
There are more of those that do make sense to me as well, and then some that don't.
I never know if I've misheard this one, but when I used to work in a shop, half the old customers used to say "It's cheap at half the price." when they thought they had a good bargain. I don't get it.
I read that (knowing the phrase well) and thought, well its obvious, and then realised no, its rubbish really but its quite a common phrase.
A little bird told me - I know that makes sense but why did they choose a bird? Is it because pigeons used to be used to send messages?
Curiosity killed the cat - Is there actually a story behind that?
Well that makes perfect sense, if you are out hunting actually having one bird in your hand is a lot better than two in a bush (not caught).
let the cat out of the bag
you passed by the skin on your teeth - bleugh wtf?
:thumb: Thanks for clearing that up for me
*puts hand up* Miss, miss i know that one.
Pigs used to be sold in bags at the market and some of the more unsavoury dealers would put a cat in the bag instead.
just said that out loud to my boss and apparently its 'by all means' ....
Please tell me you didnt think 'boil means' was a phrase!
You havent got any skin on your teeth, therefore its expressing the opinion that you got through by a very very small margin, get it?
that just made me laugh out loud! I was wondering what you meant by boil means, did you really think that was a saying?! haha bless you.
those make sense
the proper saying is "its cheap at twice the price" to mean its a bargain, but to say its cheap at half the price means its not really that much of a bargain at all, but some people have got the two phrases muddled up
to mean Im not as stupid as i look. Green meaning stupid - and looking like a cabbage - well I guess thats self explanatory.
hehe
hahahaha :thumb:
Lol bless...
POTW?
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/
Btw:"Boil means", haha, I'm gonna say that from now on.
A ha, I gathered it was muddled but couldn't think of the proper phrase - doh!
Oh I forgot about that one. It always grossed me out so much too!