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

Kätzchen · 07-01-2017, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by homoe

"Keep Your Shirt On!

If you tell somebody to keep their shirt on, you are asking them to calm down.

......I'd Give You The Shirt Off My Back.....

This idiom is expressive in terms of desire to give all you've got to help another person, that you'd do just about anything, including up to, proverbially, "giving the shirt off your back"....a show of love and devotion and deep concern for another.

Kätzchen · 07-01-2017, 10:26 AM

.......We're Getting Hitched.......

A couple's way of announcing to friends and family that they're getting married.

homoe · 07-01-2017, 03:22 PM

Feast Or Famine.............

Either too much or too little, too many or too few.

homoe · 07-01-2017, 03:23 PM

Doesn't Amount To A Hill Of Beans....

To be insignificant, to result in nothing.

homoe · 07-01-2017, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

.......We're Getting Hitched.......

A couple's way of announcing to friends and family that they're getting married.

People still get married in this day and age? Who knew!

homoe · 07-01-2017, 04:05 PM

"Breaking Up Housekeeping"...

AN idiom used by the last generation. It did not refer directly to a divorce, but a different type of end to a couple's life together or giving up a home by an individual. The term described the time when elderly folks could no longer maintain their own home.

homoe · 07-01-2017, 08:45 PM

"Champagne Appetite On A Beer Income''

Someone who lives above their means and likes expensive things they can't possibly afford.

Kätzchen · 07-01-2017, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by homoe

"Champagne Appetite On A Beer Income''

Someone who lives above their means and likes expensive things they can't possibly afford.

Would this share any sort of relationship to the episode of the staving squirrel warning???

homoe · 07-02-2017, 07:46 AM

Back to the drawing board

When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.

07-01-2017, 10:26 AM	#2
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: As a very feminine woman. Join Date: May 2010 Location: In a small community (west coast) Posts: 16,257 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,373 Thanked 33,631 Times in 10,723 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	*.......We're Getting Hitched.......* A couple's way of announcing to friends and family that they're getting married. __________________ “The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,” — Jillian Turecki. ”Without justice, democracy dies,” — Jess Michaels (Epstein survivor).

07-01-2017, 03:22 PM	#3
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	Feast Or Famine............. Either too much or too little, too many or too few.

07-01-2017, 03:23 PM	#4
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	Doesn't Amount To A Hill Of Beans.... To be insignificant, to result in nothing.

07-01-2017, 04:05 PM	#6
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Breaking Up Housekeeping"... AN idiom used by the last generation. It did not refer directly to a divorce, but a different type of end to a couple's life together or giving up a home by an individual. The term described the time when elderly folks could no longer maintain their own home.

07-01-2017, 08:45 PM	#7
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	"Champagne Appetite On A Beer Income'' Someone who lives above their means and likes expensive things they can't possibly afford.

07-02-2017, 07:46 AM	#9
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,548 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	Back to the drawing board When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over.