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skcin

07-11-2005 01:55 PM

Expressions you don't get

I don't get:

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. :shrug:

I'll bet you dollars to donuts. :shrug:

Going to hell in a handbag/handbasket. :shrug:

chiliD

07-11-2005 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I don't get:

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. :shrug:

ok, think about it...what you HAVE is worth more than what you'd have to TRY to catch.

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Originally Posted by skcin

I'll bet you dollars to donuts. :shrug:

Ok, I'll bet you a dozen donuts...if I lose, I give you 12 donuts...but, if I win, you pay me loads of money.

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Originally Posted by skcin

Going to hell in a handbag/handbasket. :shrug:

What the world is doing this instant!

skcin

07-11-2005 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

ok, think about it...what you HAVE is worth more than what you'd have to TRY to catch.

OK. But why birds & why a bush?

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Ok, I'll bet you a dozen donuts...if I lose, I give you 12 donuts...but, if I win, you pay me loads of money.

That's just dumb.

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What the world is doing this instant!

I know what it means, but who came up with that one? Why not an apple cart? Why not a tool box? Why not a canoe?

wondergirl9847

07-11-2005 02:09 PM

Well...

I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.

skcin

07-11-2005 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.

True. But why do we still use them? :shrug: Some of them are just so silly now, yet we still say them. LOVE "heavens to Betsy" and "come hell or high water" :lol:

bikerchic

07-11-2005 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I think most expressions are from a long, long time ago.

You are very right. I guess handbaskets were really big back in the day :nod:

dudden22

07-11-2005 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I know what it means, but who came up with that one? Why not an apple cart? Why not a tool box? Why not a canoe?

:lol: :lol: I say we officially change it to canoe.

bikerchic

07-11-2005 02:20 PM

One that my mother always used (god bless her soul) is one of my favourites, "People who live in glass house's shouldn't throw stones".

wondergirl9847

07-11-2005 02:20 PM

Lol

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Originally Posted by skcin

True. But why do we still use them?

They are passed down like traditions, I suppose. My mom's mother says "Go fritz-a-putz." and my mom used to say it to me as a kid. It's non-sensical, but it was passed down and people learn stuff from their family and then they teach their kids.

dudden22

07-11-2005 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bikerchic

One that my mother always used (god bless her soul) is one of my favourites, "People who live in glass house's shouldn't throw stones".

My mother used that all the time too.

I don't live in a glass house and I'll throw as many fricken stones as I want.

skcin

07-11-2005 02:27 PM

I like the glass house one too.

Pot calling the kettle black I understand, but who has black pots & kettles anymore?

Fritz-a-putz? Is this like dilly-dallying?

DrummerDeanna

07-11-2005 02:27 PM

Stupid is as stupid does.....

What the hell is that supposed to mean???

amber

07-11-2005 02:40 PM

Christ on a Crutch. Why on a Crutch?

amber

07-11-2005 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Stupid is as stupid does.....

What the hell is that supposed to mean???

It means if you do stupid stuff, you are stupid. :)

skcin

07-11-2005 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Christ on a Crutch. Why on a Crutch?

I've never heard this. :shrug:

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