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Synne · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 269 Location: Tohoku

Not related to this forum so much as it is related to a bit of fun amongst you older and wiser gaijin Razz

Im interested in acquiring a good amount of old sayings and their definitions as you know them.

Please post some that youve acquired over the years.

A few I know are:

"A regular dog and pony show."
-a group of ppl on their way to an unknown destination.

"Slower than molasses in January."
-very slow

"Dont tar me with the same brush."
-placing certain traits of an individual on his family members only becuz they are related.

"The wood wont turn to wood itself."
-meaning you need to put in effort to attain effort.

"A wet bird wont fly once youve made it rain."
-if you dump on someone you wont get their help.

"Like a dog with a bone."
-someone who wont let a subject die.

Thanks a bunch folks, lets see this list amount.

Doglover · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 305 Location: Kansai

Like a spare pr-ick at a wedding
Totally useless, superfluous

As thick as two short planks
not very bright

He doesnt have two coins to rub together
poor

As blind as a bat
poor eyesight

Nicedog777 · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Japan.

Alright, Idioms!

You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
-It's easier to get what you want by being nice.

Take the bull by the horns.
-Face the problem directly. (Hmm, perhaps that one won't go over so well?)

Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
-Well, real nervous.....

Don't know that guy from Adam.
-Well, don't know whoever...

And my favorite..

Looks like he/she fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down...
-Pretty obvious, no?

(Hmm....seems more like similes.......oh well.)

markle · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 1316 Location: Out of Japan

useless as teats on a bull...

Is the pope Catholic?
Are the Kennedys gunshy?

Up sh*t creek, in a barbwire canoe without a paddle.

If brains were dynamite they couldn't blow their nose.

malcoml · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 215 Location: Australia

A beer short of a six pack
Not the smartest bloke

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

A few Aces short of a full deck

Lights are on but no one's home.

Space cadet.

As thick as a fencepost (Kiwi idioms)

malcoml · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 215 Location: Australia

Dont bite the hand that feeds you
Dont do any wrong to your employer

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Does a bear shit in the woods?

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dumb as a bag of hammers.

canuck · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 1921 Location: Japan

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Hate is the scar of love.

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Ha ha, the "bag of hammers" one reminded me of this Canadian teacher I worked with back in my Nova days- for one student, in the "comments" section in the file he drew a bag of hammers and that was all. Most of us were mystified when we found it, until another teacher (I think also a Canadian) explained the expression to us- I don't think we use that one in NZ. This guy wrote many other bizarre things in the comments sections and din't get his contract renewed.

ntropy · Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 671 Location: ghurba

abufletcher · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject:

Outside my office I have a Far Side cartoon that shows a bunch of scientists looking at the hopelessly misformed rocket they've build. Below it is the caption: "Well, we're not exactly rocket scientists."

And below that is a small collection of slang phrases scribbled by other teachers and myself commonly use to indicate agreement:

No sh*t Sherlock.
Ain't it the truth.
Sad but true.
F**kin' A, Bubba.

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject:

He's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Is a frog's a**hole water-tight?

Damn your eyes!

I'm as full as a one-legged wh*re.

Useless as ti-ts on a rooster/as a screen door on a submarine/as an inflatable dartboard

"Looks like the clusterf*ck fairy has visited us again!" (from a Canadian friend in China)

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

The Dog Ate My Keitai · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Japan

Busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. (busy)

Busier than a one-eyed fox in a henhouse. (really busy)

Busier than a cat tryin' to bury $h!t on a concrete floor. (Very busy)

That boy is about as sharp as a cue ball. (dumb)

Cute as a sack full o' puppies. (Cute)

Never try to teach a pig how to dance. You'll waste your time and just annoy the pig.

Madder than a long-tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. (angry)

...fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down! (fugly)

I'm as dry as a nun's . . . . . (thirsty)

Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise. (if the conditions are right)

It's hotter than two rats #($^@ing in a wool sock. (hot)

And if you don't like my good Redneck expressions... Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. (git lost)