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What the fuck does that phrase mean!
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"Isn't that what Google is for?
And looking yourself up too apparently...  "
Why would I use google to see what phrases other fabbers don't understand?  |
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over a year ago
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"Ever hear a common phrase and wonder what it means or where it came from?
"You're a stick in the mud" for example
Educate me please"
Metaphorical phrases relating to movement (or in this case lack of!) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ever hear a common phrase and wonder what it means or where it came from?
"You're a stick in the mud" for example
Educate me please
Metaphorical phrases relating to movement (or in this case lack of!)"
Thanks, I owe you a pint  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ever hear a common phrase and wonder what it means or where it came from?
"You're a stick in the mud" for example
Educate me please
Metaphorical phrases relating to movement (or in this case lack of!)
Thanks, I owe you a pint "
I'll hold you to that! (There's another) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ever hear a common phrase and wonder what it means or where it came from?
"You're a stick in the mud" for example
Educate me please
Metaphorical phrases relating to movement (or in this case lack of!)
Thanks, I owe you a pint
I'll hold you to that! (There's another)"
What does that phrase mean? There could be another pint in it for you |
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"Ever hear a common phrase and wonder what it means or where it came from?
"You're a stick in the mud" for example
Educate me please"
someone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities |
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"I'll be a monkeys uncle  "
It was originally a sarcastic remark made by creationists.The notion "that people were descended from apes was considered blasphemous...by Darwin's contemporaries", and it was for this reason that the sarcastic phrase came into use |
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"Cut the mustard.
Refers to being unsuitable for the job.
- Mustard seed, which is hard to cut with a knife on account of its being small and shiny."
You must be a fucking legend at parties  |
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"I'd like to know why people wear shirts in the shower  trying to save on their laundry bill no doubt  "
I used to do that with one of my expensive footy shirts after my mrs had ruined one of them - lol |
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"I'll be a monkeys uncle
It was originally a sarcastic remark made by creationists.The notion "that people were descended from apes was considered blasphemous...by Darwin's contemporaries", and it was for this reason that the sarcastic phrase came into use"
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So your saying I am a monkeys uncle |
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"I'd like to know why people wear shirts in the shower trying to save on their laundry bill no doubt
I used to do that with one of my expensive footy shirts after my mrs had ruined one of them - lol"
Any reason why you couldn't wash them yourself? |
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"The dogs bollocks.
What's good about them?"
I don't know if it's true, but I was always told that the "Meccano" toy construction kits originally came in fitted boxes, in two sizes, made in Liverpool.
With very typical Liverpool humour, the "Box Standard" and "Box DeLuxe" quickly became know as "Bog Standard" and "Dog's Bollux"....
Even if it isn't true - then it really should be!
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By (user no longer on site)
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Shitting bricks.
I've heard it used by worried folk. But I reckon even the slackest of bum holes would need a fair degree of perseverance to negotiate that.
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"I'd like to know why people wear shirts in the shower trying to save on their laundry bill no doubt
I used to do that with one of my expensive footy shirts after my mrs had ruined one of them - lol
Any reason why you couldn't wash them yourself? "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"'Broke the camel's back'. I always found that a weird one. "
Think the phrase is "the last straw that broke the camels back" ie overloading or overdoing |
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It's funny when I say some Ozzie ones here - I forget and they slip out ....
He's got Buckleys - means no chance
His blood is worth bottling - he is a good bloke
I've had a dingos breakfast - no food
Something I don't hear from British chaps - I've cracked a fat - means the chap has an erection
Fair suck of the sav! (Was a savoly originally - a sausage with red skin on it) Means sort of shock, surprise and disbelief
Been on the turps - drinking
It's Ridgy-didge - means it's real
Come a gutser- had a fall - especially of ur bike
I do miss some of the sayings from home .... writing them out omg they are funny - no wonder u lot laugh at us at times
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The dogs bollocks.
What's good about them?
I don't know if it's true, but I was always told that the "Meccano" toy construction kits originally came in fitted boxes, in two sizes, made in Liverpool.
With very typical Liverpool humour, the "Box Standard" and "Box DeLuxe" quickly became know as "Bog Standard" and "Dog's Bollux"....
Even if it isn't true - then it really should be!
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Despite this link being shown as part of a QI episode, it's not true.
There is a possible link to the phrase 'stand out like a dog's balls,' meaning 'outstanding.' But there's not much evidence to prove which expression was first. However, it is most likely a nonsense term, like bees knees and cats whiskers, that has become common place in today's society. |
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"Cut your nose off to spite your face, like where did it originate from? Did someone actually do it?"
Well you did ask!
Meaning: "Dissadvantage yourself in order to do harm to an adversary."
Origin:
The precise wording 'cut off your nose to spite your face' doesn't appear in print until the 18th century. Versions of proverbs that mean much the same thing date back to the Tudor era. John Heywood's A Dialogue Conteynyng Prouerbes and Epigrammes, 1562 list this entry under "Of Spite":
If there be any, as I hope there be none,
That would lese [lose] both his eyes to lese his foe one,
Then fear I there be many, as the world go'th,
That would lese one eye to lese their foes both.
Grose's 1796 edition of the Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue came a little closer to the current form:
"He cut off his nose to be revenged of his face. Said of one who, to be revenged on his neighbour, has materially injured himself."
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