Cat got your tongue?

homoe · 12-22-2018, 04:40 AM

"Don't Fix What Isn't Broken"......

If something is going or working well, there's no need to change it.

homoe · 12-22-2018, 04:47 AM

"Give Someone The Bum's Rush"..................

To hastily and forcefully remove someone from a place. Likened to the ejection of a vagrant.

homoe · 12-22-2018, 04:51 AM

"Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry"........

A nicer way of saying you've overstayed your welcome!

homoe · 12-27-2018, 06:18 PM

"Attack Someone's Achilles Heel"..............

An Achilles heel is a person’s (organization, country, etc.) weakness or vulnerability. Although it can refer to a physical weakness or limitation, this idiom can refer to any perceived weakness. It may also refer to someone who is successful, strong, or otherwise doing well, but which has on ‘fatal flaw’ or weakness which could bring about their failure or downfall. The weakness or flaw doesn’t necessarily have to negative, in general.

cathexis · 12-27-2018, 08:16 PM

"mad as a hatter"

The definition of mad nowadays is crazy or insane. Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, Mercury Nitrate was used in the hat making industry. Mercury is a neurological poison which may result in insanity. The origin is thought to be of that era in the S. England area.

homoe · 12-27-2018, 09:34 PM

"The Jig Is Up"....................

The plan or scheme has been discovered and/or thwarted; the game, trick, or deception is at an end.

homoe · 12-27-2018, 10:53 PM

"What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander"....

If something is good, acceptable, or beneficial for one person, it is or should be equally so for another person or persons as well!

12-22-2018, 04:40 AM	#1
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12-22-2018, 04:47 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: 21474889	"Give Someone The Bum's Rush".................. To hastily and forcefully remove someone from a place. Likened to the ejection of a vagrant.

12-22-2018, 04:51 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: 21474889	"Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry"........ A nicer way of saying you've overstayed your welcome!

12-27-2018, 06:18 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: 21474889	"Attack Someone's Achilles Heel".............. An Achilles heel is a person’s (organization, country, etc.) weakness or vulnerability. Although it can refer to a physical weakness or limitation, this idiom can refer to any perceived weakness. It may also refer to someone who is successful, strong, or otherwise doing well, but which has on ‘fatal flaw’ or weakness which could bring about their failure or downfall. The weakness or flaw doesn’t necessarily have to negative, in general.

12-27-2018, 08:16 PM	#5
cathexis Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Trotskyist, Anarcho-syndicalist Preferred Pronoun?: They, Them, Their, Sir Bitch Relationship Status: open Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Great White North! Posts: 4,332 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,812 Thanked 4,706 Times in 1,604 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	"mad as a hatter" The definition of mad nowadays is crazy or insane. Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, Mercury Nitrate was used in the hat making industry. Mercury is a neurological poison which may result in insanity. The origin is thought to be of that era in the S. England area.

12-27-2018, 09:34 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: 21474889	"The Jig Is Up".................... The plan or scheme has been discovered and/or thwarted; the game, trick, or deception is at an end.

12-27-2018, 10:53 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: 21474889	"What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander".... If something is good, acceptable, or beneficial for one person, it is or should be equally so for another person or persons as well!