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

[homoe]

"Put Best Foot Forward"...................



Means to make the best impression one can in order to get off to a good start.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by homoe

"No Problem"...............



Another relatively new idiom used mainly by the younger crowd meaning a

casual "you're welcome." As in "there's no need for thanks, it wasn't a hassle."

I totally get this one but I often see older folks writing in to Dear Abby bitching about not getting a 'proper' thank you!

I guess I'm in the 'older' category. I absolutely LOATHE this phrase. It is NOT the same as 'thank you' imo.

[Kätzchen]

..... Barbed Wire .....

This idiom is considered a Quasi-idiom in that an adjective is joined up with a noun, semantic phrase of thought. Barbed describes the type of wire, which is wire with intermittent barbs, used to fence out x, y or z, or protect x, y or z.

[homoe]

"Whatever Will Be Will Be"..........



If something is fated to happen, you cannot stop it from happening. You cannot foretell the future.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

"Whatever Will Be Will Be"..........

If something is fated to happen, you cannot stop it from happening. You cannot foretell the future.

When I hear this phrase of thought, I automatically hear Doris Day, singing Que Sera Sera (whatever will be, will be).

[homoe]

"Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder"...........


When you haven't been around or seen someone for awhile you're more fond of them than if they were around 24/7!

[Kätzchen]

..... Lock, Stock, and Barrell.....

Synonymous with " Ball & Chain", this idiom implies so much more than it means!

*Need I say more?*

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

..... Lock, Stock, and Barrell.....

Synonymous with " Ball & Chain", this idiom implies so much more than it means!

*Need I say more?*

See now back in the Midwest Lock Stock and Barrel meant everything.. where as ball and chain meant your significant other or a loved one! I do think a lot of idioms or sayings are regional!

[homoe]

"Hit The Nail Right On The Edge".;............


To be spot on about something!

[Kätzchen]

.....Like A Hot Knife Through Butter .....

Meaning: To accomplish something easily, without diffuculty.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

"Hit The Nail Right On The Edge".;............


To be spot on about something!

sorry that was suppose to be "Hit The Nail Right On The Head"

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

sorry that was suppose to be "Hit The Nail Right On The Head"

You're good

Saying it was an edge tho, was kinda edgy. I like both versions.

[Sweet Bliss]

Originally Posted by homoe

Had them eating out of my hands"....


To do what someone else wants.

Sorry, I don't understand this Homoe.

Had them eating out of my hands means to me that I have won over my audience, that they "ate up" whatever I served them.... I got my way.

[Kätzchen]

.....Burn The Midnight Oil .....

Meaning: staying up late into the early morning hours, working on projects or finishing up homework assignments or doing anything that needs to be done.

[Kätzchen]

.....Blessing In Disguise.....

Commonly used to describe something good that isn't recognized or known at first sight.

[Kätzchen]

.....Sleep Like a Baby.....

To sleep deeply, without anything to disrupt your sleep, to sleep peacefully.

[Kätzchen]

.....Baby making Weather.....

People will sometimes say this when the weather is cool at night or when it snows so hard that the power is lost, so people curl up in bed to stay warm, to snuggle or to make love....

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

.....Baby making Weather.....

People will sometimes say this when the weather is cool at night or when it snows so hard that the power is lost, so people curl up in bed to stay warm, to snuggle or to make love....

Yuck..............

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

Yuck..............

I don't need no stinkin babies.......

[homoe]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

.....Baby making Weather.....

People will sometimes say this when the weather is cool at night or when it snows so hard that the power is lost, so people curl up in bed to stay warm, to snuggle or to make love....

All these baby references Miss Katz, you're not trying to tell us something ARE you?