"A Real Stuffed Shirt"............




Someone uptight! Very rigid. Unwilling to bend. Plays by the rules always and mostly doesn't have a sense of adventure or humor!

"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"....................




To avoid restarting a conflict. Keep one's mouth shut and not bring up a subject that once caused grief or hard feelings!

" A Loose Cannon"...................................





Someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if not kept in check.

"Rome Was Not Built In One Day":............




If you want something to be completely properly, then its going to take time.

I love this saying!

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Me too Chad, I just wished I used it more.......

Besides using it for a dance reference I could use it to get Mary to move a bit faster when we're heading out someplace........SHE TAKES FOREVER....

"Variety Is The Spice Of Life"........................


I think this is SO true...........

The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be.

"Wild and Woolly"..........


Uncultured and unrefined.

"Butter One's Bread On Both Sides".....



To benefit or profit from two or more separate and often contradictory or incompatible things or sources. Also to live comfortably, especially wastefully or in lavish, indulgent excess.

"Cut To The Chase"........................




To get to the point, leaving out all of the unnecessary details.

Sidebar: I am constantly using this idiom whenever Mary attempts to tell me a story on some thing or another! Story telling is not her forte!

"Hitch Your Wagon To A Star"...................



Do not set pessimistic goals aim high and for the stars!

Sidebar: This phrase was used by the American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1870 in the context of idealistic aspiration; modern usage generally has the more cynical implication of attaching yourself to someone successful or famous in order to profit from the association.

"No Time Like The Present"...................



Do not put things off! Do it now and get it over and done with.

"Hot Of The Presses".....................



Newly-circulating, as of a bit of news or gossip.

"There Are Always Two Sides To Every Story"............




Often two people tell different stories of the same event. Remain objective until you hear both sides of a story! Don't make a rash decision until you get both person's sides of an event or story.

"Sent On A Wild Goose Chase"..........................



Futilely pursuing something that will never be attainable.

"An Elephant Never Forgets"..............





Refers to a person who has a good memory. Someone who remembers and perhaps lets things fester until they reaching a boiling point!

"Playing Possum".............






Pretending to be dead, or to be deceitful about something.

"Play One's Cards Close To One's Chest"..................




To keep one's plans, intentions, or tactics secret from everyone else.


Also refers to holding one's playing cards close to one's chest in a card game, so as not to allow other players to see one's hand.

"I Need That Like A Hole In My Head".....................



Nobody needs a hole in their head!

This is something you don't need or want!

"In Two Shakes Of A Lamb's Tail"...




In a very short time; very quickly.

"The Tail Wagging The Dog"............




The smallest or least important part of something in control of the larger or more important elements; a reversal of typical roles or dynamics of power.

People talk about the tail wagging the dog to describe a situation where an unimportant part of something or an unimportant person or group involved in something has too much influence over it.

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lol homoe what a mental image lol

now the idiom........"Running Around Like A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off" THAT is a mental visual my dear! :giggle:

My mom was a very wise woman when it came to affairs of the heart!! She used to say this idiom to my hetero sister when she was breaking up with one of her many beau's, something to the effect of................

"It's Better To Cut Off The Dog's Tail In One Clean Swift Stroke"


I think it meant to end things abruptly and not to go back then try and end it things once again.

Sidebar: You never realize how smart your parents really were till you get older!

I think it's wise to enforce clean breaks. I've never heard of your mother's saying, but it seems very wise to me! :hangloose:

"Some Gets Their Just Desserts".............



They get paid back for dirty deeds they have committed.

Just waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.

southern saying

Means sitting around waiting for no particular reason and in no hurry to do anything.
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Walking in tall cotton.

also southern saying

Means that one has had a good crop this year. Plans to make more money than usual come harvest time.

"Park Yourself"...............

Sit down


To be honest I have no idea if this is an idiom or just something either my mom or myself just made up......:giggle:

"Why Buy The Cow When You Can Get The Milk Free".............




As I recall this has something to do with men getting premarital sex then they wouldn't marry the woman or something to that effect!

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FREE MILK ~ thank god i'm lactose intolerant

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I can hear the backup sounds now and see'ing 2 guys w/those thingys backing that thing up LOLOL oy u crack me up lol

It's been SO LONG since I have had "milk" I've forgot how it "tasted"! wiggling eyebrows

"Go To Bad For"...........................





To lend support to somebody or some project.

I like that idiomatic expression Go To Bat For (f)

It's interesting to me how the game of Baseball is connected to many social expressions!

For example: First Base....

This fragment of an baseball term is used when articulating how one gets to the first base on anything (An job interview, getting an job, or even how to get to first base on getting a date).

"Cover All Your Bases"....................



Leave nothing to chance! Make sure you consider all the options and plan ahead for anything that could go wrong.


Sidebar: Yes many idioms do derive from baseball terms indeed Miss Katz :hangloose:

"Strike Out".........................



To not succeed at something!

"Hit A Home Run"..................:




To succeed at something.

A Ball Park Figure"................




An estimate or guess at how much something may cost!

"Throw A Curve Ball"........................





To surprise someone with something.

"Touch Base".........................




To talk briefly to someone.