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

Kätzchen · 10-11-2017, 09:33 PM

You can't stop this on a dime .... or ....You can't turn this on a dime ....or ... To turn on a dime

I just espied this catch-phrase, saying, idiom in another forum thread tonight. I've heard it used many times, in fact I've used it recently, while talking with ancillary service team members about the fact that it's not easy to get everybody on the same page in a short time frame. I caught myself using this saying that "you can't turn this thing on a dime...".

What it means is that you've got multiple parties of interest participating towards achieving goals within the context of an group setting. It takes time to coordinate efforts to accomplish and complete the transactional nature of any particular given goal.

To "turn on dime" means something is readily accomplished, when in reality it takes time.

homoe · 10-12-2017, 07:13 AM

I really think a lot of idioms have different meanings regions to regions which only seems logical!

Back in the Midwest, to turn on a dime meant that things can change or did change in a moments notice. I've noticed other idioms posted here that have meant different things as well. I think it's very interesting

homoe · 10-12-2017, 07:16 AM

"In The Blink Of An Eye"...

If something happens or is done in the blink of an eye, it happens or is done very quickly. So quickly as to seem almost imperceptible.

homoe · 10-12-2017, 08:44 AM

"Don't Be Such A Stick In The Mud".............

A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper.

homoe · 10-12-2017, 08:51 AM

" BLIND AS A BAT"..........

Someone who refuses to notice an obvious thing. An unwillingness to recognize problems or bad things.

Sidebar: Bats are not really blind....

Mopsie · 10-12-2017, 08:52 AM

"That sticks in my craw"

Stick in one's craw: to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle: She said I was pompous, and that really stuck in my craw.

Kätzchen · 10-12-2017, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mopsie

"That sticks in my craw"

Stick in one's craw: to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle: She said I was pompous, and that really stuck in my craw.

Southern members of mY family say this, allllll the time!

Quote:

Originally Posted by homoe

" BLIND AS A BAT"..........

Someone who refuses to notice an obvious thing. An unwillingness to recognize problems or bad things.

Sidebar: Bats are not really blind....

<<<<<~~LQQKS @ homoe.....

homoe · 10-12-2017, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Southern members of mY family say this, allllll the time!

<<<<<~~LQQKS @ homoe.....

WHY you looking at ME? You can't see anything anyways.......

homoe · 10-12-2017, 09:07 AM

"To Have A Burr Under My Saddle"..........

To be irritated by something or someone. Someone or something that is a constant cause of trouble or annoyance.

Sidebar: Once someone told me I was a burr under their saddle, it was rather hurtful I must say.........

10-11-2017, 09:33 PM	#1
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: As a very feminine woman. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sailing in a wooden shoe with Wynken, Blinkyn, and Nod. Posts: 16,254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 33,631 Times in 10,723 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	You can't stop this on a dime .... or ....You can't turn this on a dime ....or ... To turn on a dime I just espied this catch-phrase, saying, idiom in another forum thread tonight. I've heard it used many times, in fact I've used it recently, while talking with ancillary service team members about the fact that it's not easy to get everybody on the same page in a short time frame. I caught myself using this saying that "you can't turn this thing on a dime...". What it means is that you've got multiple parties of interest participating towards achieving goals within the context of an group setting. It takes time to coordinate efforts to accomplish and complete the transactional nature of any particular given goal. To "turn on dime" means something is readily accomplished, when in reality it takes time.

10-12-2017, 07:13 AM	#2
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	I really think a lot of idioms have different meanings regions to regions which only seems logical! Back in the Midwest, to turn on a dime meant that things can change or did change in a moments notice. I've noticed other idioms posted here that have meant different things as well. I think it's very interesting

10-12-2017, 07:16 AM	#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	"In The Blink Of An Eye"... If something happens or is done in the blink of an eye, it happens or is done very quickly. So quickly as to seem almost imperceptible.

10-12-2017, 08:44 AM	#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	"Don't Be Such A Stick In The Mud"............. A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper.

10-12-2017, 08:51 AM	#5
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	" BLIND AS A BAT".......... Someone who refuses to notice an obvious thing. An unwillingness to recognize problems or bad things. Sidebar: Bats are not really blind....

10-12-2017, 08:52 AM	#6
Mopsie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Female ones Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Shenandoah Valley Virginia Posts: 4,769 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 36,246 Thanked 8,549 Times in 1,856 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"That sticks in my craw" Stick in one's craw: to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle: She said I was pompous, and that really stuck in my craw.

10-12-2017, 09:07 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	"To Have A Burr Under My Saddle".......... To be irritated by something or someone. Someone or something that is a constant cause of trouble or annoyance. Sidebar: Once someone told me I was a burr under their saddle, it was rather hurtful I must say.........