Some more idioms, similes, metaphors, OH MY! (21)
rohaan: Sometimes I’m not quite sure which category some figures of speech ‘fit’ into, so feel free to help if I don’t know or am mistaken. Also, give some of your faves— and give the meaning....unless it’s crystal clear...
Carry coal to Newcastle ( idiom..do something unnecessary)
Comfortable as an old shoe ( simile.. possibly metaphor..( likable)
When you get to a fork in the road, take it (Spoonerism ?)
Let’s have a good time, OK?
I just double- checked “ Spoonerism” and learned something I didn’t know...here is a really good example:Carry coal to Newcastle ( idiom..do something unnecessary)
Comfortable as an old shoe ( simile.. possibly metaphor..( likable)
When you get to a fork in the road, take it (Spoonerism ?)
Let’s have a good time, OK?
The Lord is a shoving leopard”
Deed the fog and Crain the tat...
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You never miss the water till the well runs dry..(It is only when someone or something is gone that we truly appreciate them or it.)
You can't polish a turd.. (Something inherently bad cannot be improved.)
You can't polish a turd.. (Something inherently bad cannot be improved.)
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TheDino: You never miss the water till the well runs dry..(It is only when someone or something is gone that we truly appreciate them or it.)
You can't polish a turd.. (Something inherently bad cannot be improved.)
like, “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”.You can't polish a turd.. (Something inherently bad cannot be improved.)
Spoonerism of the day: “I knew something was bass akward..”
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Shut your cake hole
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Bnaughty: Shut your cake hole
pie hole you dingbat...
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rohaan: pie hole you dingbat...
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rohaan: like, “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig”.
Spoonerism of the day: “I knew something was bass akward..”
Pigs get ill when you try to put lipstick on em... Just a fair warning to ya.. Spoonerism of the day: “I knew something was bass akward..”
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Bnaughty: You big bingdat
You’re getting it—-{spoonerism}“I just ret rig on moulette...
( bet big on roulette)
Gets kind of goofy. Hey, peeps, what’s with the thumbs down on a friendly thread?? What IS the matter with you? Can’t be nice about anything?
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rohaan: You’re getting it—-{spoonerism}
“I just ret rig on moulette...
( bet big on roulette)
Gets kind of goofy. Hey, peeps, what’s with the thumbs down on a friendly thread?? What IS the matter with you? Can’t be nice about anything?
The children are playing“I just ret rig on moulette...
( bet big on roulette)
Gets kind of goofy. Hey, peeps, what’s with the thumbs down on a friendly thread?? What IS the matter with you? Can’t be nice about anything?
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rohaan: Sometimes I’m not quite sure which category some figures of speech ‘fit’ into, so feel free to help if I don’t know or am mistaken. Also, give some of your faves— and give the meaning....unless it’s crystal clear...
Carry coal to Newcastle ( idiom..do something unnecessary)
Comfortable as an old shoe ( simile.. possibly metaphor..( likable)
When you get to a fork in the road, take it (Spoonerism ?)
Let’s have a good time, OK?
Talking of pigs Rohaan { Present company excepted }Carry coal to Newcastle ( idiom..do something unnecessary)
Comfortable as an old shoe ( simile.. possibly metaphor..( likable)
When you get to a fork in the road, take it (Spoonerism ?)
Let’s have a good time, OK?
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.[To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.]
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It's wee buns = It's very easy
It ain't gonna suck itself =
It ain't gonna suck itself =
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Tiger_Moth: Talking of pigs Rohaan { Present company excepted }
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.[To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.]
What a pheasant pluckerYou can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.[To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.]
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tomcatty: What a pheasant plucker
That's a tongue twister .
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Tiger_Moth: That's a tongue twister .
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rohaan: thanx for the laughter..
You're such a pleasant ucker Ro 
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tomcatty: You're such a pleasant ucker Ro
Ditto...pheasant plucker...
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tomcatty: You're such a pleasant ucker Ro
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Pissing in the wind
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rohaan: I know you really love me...
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Carry coal to Newcastle ( idiom..do something unnecessary)
Comfortable as an old shoe ( simile.. possibly metaphor..( likable)
When you get to a fork in the road, take it (Spoonerism ?)
Let’s have a good time, OK?