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

[Kätzchen]

.....I heard it through the grapevine.....

I think Marvin Gaye's song gave this social idiom larger than life status....but, basically, this idiom is used in ways to express that unproven facts (rumors) are given credence over factual information, which has yet received permission to be announced in public ways.

[Kätzchen]

.....See eye to eye.....

This particular social idiom basically implies that two people agree with each other.

Or....in some cases, it could literally mean you that each person sees each other at eye level, an indication that both parties are matched in height or its possible that both parties just shared an amazing moment together and they're looking into each other's eyes (...).

[Kätzchen]

.....That was a piece of cake....

Whether it's the proverbial cakewalk or the aforementioned piece of cake, the implied meaning was that someone easily completed any type of task with relative ease. There's no mention if one's efforts are mistake free. It simply means that something was easily accomplished.

Sidebar notes: Creating a decadent cake is NO easy task.

[Kätzchen]

.....The whole nine yards.....

I'm not exactly sure how 9 yards indicates the sum of everything..... *UNLESS*..... possibly it's a proverbial reference to an Cloud Nine experience???? I'm not sure about this social expression.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

.....That was a piece of cake....

Whether it's the proverbial cakewalk or the aforementioned piece of cake, the implied meaning was that someone easily completed any type of task with relative ease. There's no mention if one's efforts are mistake free. It simply means that something was easily accomplished.

Sidebar notes: Creating a decadent cake is NO easy task.

You got that right sister! When it comes to cake, I let Sara Lee handle that!..SINGS everybody doesn't like something but nobody doesn't love Sara Lee..

[homoe]

"When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear" Buddhist proverb

I know this to be true because of first hand experience!

[homoe]

A Lick and A Promise...(minds out of the gutter, minds out of the gutter)


When you don't have enough time to really complete a task you gloss over it lightly and promise to come back and do it properly when time permits!

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

"When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear" Buddhist proverb

I know this to be true because of first hand experience!

Thank you, Thank you! I love this Buddhist proverb. I too know it first hand..... so, very very true.

Originally Posted by homoe

A Lick and A Promise...(minds out of the gutter, minds out of the gutter)


When you don't have enough time to really complete a task you gloss over it lightly and promise to come back and do it properly when time permits!

Oh, ooooooh oooooh, this will come in handy because I don't always perfectly remember things like I always have before.