"Put Best Foot Forward"...................



Means to make the best impression one can in order to get off to a good start.

..... Barbed Wire .....

This idiom is considered a Quasi-idiom in that an adjective is joined up with a noun, semantic phrase of thought. Barbed describes the type of wire, which is wire with intermittent barbs, used to fence out x, y or z, or protect x, y or z.

"Whatever Will Be Will Be"..........



If something is fated to happen, you cannot stop it from happening. You cannot foretell the future.

When I hear this phrase of thought, I automatically hear Doris Day, singing Que Sera Sera (whatever will be, will be). :)

"Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder"...........


When you haven't been around or seen someone for awhile you're more fond of them than if they were around 24/7!

..... Lock, Stock, and Barrell.....

Synonymous with " Ball & Chain", this idiom implies so much more than it means!

*Need I say more?*

:giggle:

See now back in the Midwest Lock Stock and Barrel meant everything.. where as ball and chain meant your significant other or a loved one! I do think a lot of idioms or sayings are regional!

"Hit The Nail Right On The Edge".;............


To be spot on about something!

.....Like A Hot Knife Through Butter .....

Meaning: To accomplish something easily, without diffuculty.

sorry that was suppose to be "Hit The Nail Right On The Head"

You're good :balloon:

Saying it was an edge tho, was kinda edgy. I like both versions.

Sorry, I don't understand this Homoe.

Had them eating out of my hands means to me that I have won over my audience, that they "ate up" whatever I served them.... I got my way.

.....Burn The Midnight Oil .....

Meaning: staying up late into the early morning hours, working on projects or finishing up homework assignments or doing anything that needs to be done.

.....Blessing In Disguise.....

Commonly used to describe something good that isn't recognized or known at first sight.

.....Sleep Like a Baby.....

To sleep deeply, without anything to disrupt your sleep, to sleep peacefully.

.....Baby making Weather.....

People will sometimes say this when the weather is cool at night or when it snows so hard that the power is lost, so people curl up in bed to stay warm, to snuggle or to make love....

Yuck..............:cold:

I don't need no stinkin babies.......

All these baby references Miss Katz, you're not trying to tell us something ARE you? :giggle:

:giggle:

<<<~~ LQQKS at homoe......


:blush:

.....Luck of the Draw ......

Meaning that one should by good luck draw upon something really good that totally makes you smile or makes your day.

:stillheart:

:balloon:

.....Everything but the Squeal .....

An idiom expressed by 7 year old Luke Chandler, narrator and main character in the John Grisham novel, A Painted House..

"The hog killing would come in December, when the air was cold and the bacteria dead. Every year a hog was shot in the head, dipped in boiling water, and hung from a tree next to the tool shed, then gutted and butchered into a thousand pieces. From it we got bacon, ham, loin, sausage and ribs. Everything was used --tongue, brains, feet. "Everything but the Squeal" was a line I'd heard all my life, " ~ Luke Chandler (pp. 374, A Painted House, Grisham, J. Double Day Publishers, NY NY, February 2001).

"Everything Is Coming Up Roses......


Everything is really just excellent. Life is grand!

...Easier Said Than Done ...

This thematic idiom has come up a bunch of times lately, for me, when dealing with people who have no real grasp of my situation. What this idiom means, is that the person who hears something that seems easily solved, forgets that no thing is ever easily solved. Thus, the gentle reminder (the idiom above) is often stated as a reminder (easier said than done).

"In The Weeds"...........



Immersed or entangled in details or complexities.  


Idiom used often by restaurant workers to indicate overwhelmed and falling behind in serving customers!

"Blow The Whistle".....................



To call attention to public dangerous conditions or illegal activities.

.....Whistle While You Work .....

From Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Disney Classic Movie, this idiom simply implies that one works with speed and accuracy.

<<<~~ Whistling fetish, loves hearing someone whistling.
:blush:

"With All The Bells and Whistles"..............




Meaning with extras, fancy add-ons, or gadgets.

Whistle For Your Supper.................Sing For Your Supper (midwest)



To do something for someone else in order to receive something in return, especially food.

"Whistle-Blower"...........


A person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity. often times this person works for the organization or company!

oh mY :blush: how lovely!

I have never heard of the mid-west idiom referencing Whistling or Whistle's. ❤

Thank you for both posts about Whistling, homoe.....

"Not Worth A Whistle".............



Worthless or useless to such an extent that the person or thing in question does not merit the effort of being whistled at.

"Whistle-Stop Tour"..........



A brief trip to several locations. This is often a mode of transportation candidates use when running for office!

"Whistling Dixie"...........





To talk in a way that makes things seem better than they really are.

"Whistle One Down The Wind".....................




To leave or abandon.

"Not Just Whistling Dixie"...............



Meaning not talking nonsense. You're speaking the truth!

"Slick As A Whistle".............



Quickly and cleanly; quickly and skillfully.

"Wet One's Whistle".............



Have a drink.

"Whistle A Different Tune".................



To change one's opinion or behavior.