You Know That Saying ... (T/F?)

[homoe]

Your Goose Is Cooked..............


One of my favorites.. LOL

Meaning one is in Deep Trouble

[homoe]

"Like A Bull In China Shop" -


Someone who is very clumsy and not well coordinated................

[homoe]

But A Bug In Someone's Ear............


Make a suggestion to someone....................

[homoe]

Curiosity Killed The Cat" "But Satisfaction Brought It Back".

Someone is curious about something and dying to know and when they find the answer they are satisfied and come back to life ......

[homoe]

'Busy As A Bee"...........


To be constantly busy doing one thing or another.......

I'm not sure if bees are all that busy or not to be honest so I have no idea if this is true or false............

[homoe]

"To Run Around Like A Headless Chicken"

Sometimes if a chicken has its head cut off, it may still run around for a while, but of course, without being able to see or know where it is going.

The idiom, means to do things very quickly without really thinking properly or having any direction.

[homoe]

"To Have A Lot On One’s Plate"......

It basically means to have a lot of tasks or problems under your responsibility.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Your Goose Is Cooked..............


One of my favorites.. LOL

Meaning one is in Deep Trouble

No, no, no,,,,, you silly goose!!! *LOL*

You're in really BIG TROUBLE when your full name rolls off the lips of the person you're in big trouble with... lol... (your mom, or someone of equal or bigger importance).

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

No, no, no,,,,, you silly goose!!! *LOL*

You're in really BIG TROUBLE when your full name rolls off the lips of the person you're in big trouble with... lol... (your mom, or someone of equal or bigger importance).

Jesus, how the hair would stand up on the back of my neck when I would hear my mother utter the words Candice _____ ________

Sidebar: I have a middle name that sort of sounds like two separate names so I'd hear 4 names actually!

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Jesus, how the hair would stand up on the back of my neck when I would hear my mother utter the words Candice _____ ________

My mother had the same effect too.
I'm guessing my son's might say the same thing about me, as well.

[homoe]

Laughing All The Way To The Bank.


To make lot of money very easily, often because someone else has been stupid.

[homoe]

"Go For Broke"

To risk everything in order to achieve the result you want.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

"Go For Broke"

To risk everything in order to achieve the result you want.

If I had to narrow any one saying down to my ALL TIME favorite expression,, ,,,, ,,,,, then, it's this one. I say it so often.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

If I had to narrow any one saying down to my ALL TIME favorite expression,, ,,,, ,,,,, then, it's this one. I say it so opportunity often.

Yup I enjoy this one as well! When one really wants something BAD why not take a leap of faith and risk it all........nothing ventured nothing gainned

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Laughing All The Way To The Bank.


To make lot of money very easily, often because someone else has been stupid.

I'd say it's more like ..... lack of vision? Planning? Or, maybe even Dumb Luck??? But it's completely possible that it might be because of some factor of unforeseen level of stupidity.

What do you think???

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I'd say it's more like ..... lack of vision? Planning? Or, maybe even Dumb Luck??? But it's completely possible that it might be because of some factor of unforeseen level of stupidity.

What do you think???

I always thought myself it referred to dumb luck !