Expressions you don't get - Page 4

BTFLCHLD · #46 07-11-2005, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Never heard that one - however that brings up another for me..

"Cute as a button" wtf? Where are these supposed cute buttons? I have never classified buttons as cute....so is this a compliment? Weird.

it's all coming back to me now...when i said "so" when i was a child my mom's response was "sew buttons on cupcakes!" she eventally broke my "so" habit

**mylittledemon** · #47 07-11-2005, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by littlecricket2

Haha, once I was in an argument with one of my supervisors at a gift store where I used to work, and she was being kind of catty and used the word "supposably." I looked at her and said, "supposably?" And she goes, "sorry, I sometimes use big words."

UGH...not only that, but she got the word wrong. it's SUPPOSEDLY...there is no "B"...that's not a word. I hear people say that all the time, and I like an ass, correct them. I never heard anyone say that until I moved to Florida.

littlecricket2 · #48 07-11-2005, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

UGH...not only that, but she got the word wrong. it's SUPPOSEDLY...there is no "B"...that's not a word. I hear people say that all the time, and I like an ass, correct them. I never heard anyone say that until I moved to Florida.

Exactly, that's what made the exchange so maddening! But she already viewed me as a know-it-all (probably) so if I had corrected her it would have made things worse between us (and most likely others in the store too, since I was in the minority going to college and only working at the store seasonally). So I let it slide.

**mylittledemon** · #49 07-11-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by littlecricket2

Exactly, that's what made the exchange so maddening! But she already viewed me as a know-it-all (probably) so if I had corrected her it would have made things worse between us (and most likely others in the store too, since I was in the minority going to college and only working at the store seasonally). So I let it slide.

Damn! You missed out on some sweet, grammatical justice there Cricket. Ah well.

littlecricket2 · #50 07-11-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Damn! You missed out on some sweet, grammatical justice there Cricket. Ah well.

Heehee, that's ok, as you probably read in my PM, I'll settle for good old-fashioned poetic justice.

SteveMacD · #51 07-11-2005, 08:55 PM

"You can't have your cake and eat it too." Then why in the **** have a cake! The whole point of a cake is to EAT it.

ryan8472 · #52 07-11-2005, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

I love that phrase, but nowhere near as much as "**** me gently with a chainsaw." <3333

That's my favorite as well.

Oh 'Heathers', how I love thee.

**mylittledemon** · #53 07-11-2005, 09:02 PM

I always hated it when my old man would say "one half dozen of another"...I understand what it means, but it sounds so damn confusing and people look puzzled when you say it.

catinthedark · #54 07-11-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I always hated it when my old man would say "one half dozen of another"...I understand what it means, but it sounds so damn confusing and people look puzzled when you say it.

Well, they may be looking puzzled because the actual expression is "six of one - half dozen of the other."

It means it's all the same to me.

I hate when people say "to make a long story short..." and the story length doesn't get altered one sweet bit!!

Also, in the funny saying category - my mum used to say "what a hoot!" all the time. And if it was really fun - it was a "hoot and a half!" I cringed when I was a teen, but now, I just love it. For a while, she also tried to stop swearing in front of us - so she was always saying "sugar!"

littlecricket2 · #55 07-11-2005, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

"You can't have your cake and eat it too." Then why in the **** have a cake! The whole point of a cake is to EAT it.

People make fun of this expression all the time, but for some reason, I guess I get it. It's true--why have a cake if you can't eat it? But once you eat it, it's gone forever. So I guess it's like saying you can't have two things at once if they're contradictory (having one necessitates not having the other). I dunno. I just never had a problem with it.

It also reminds me of when people think a cake looks so good that they don't want to eat it "oh, it's so pretty, I don't want to cut into it." But if you don't, you can't eat it,

. It's one or the other, but you can't have both.

littlecricket2 · #56 07-11-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

Well, they may be looking puzzled because the actual expression is "six of one - half dozen of another."

It means it's all the same to me.

I hate when people say "to make a long story short..." and the story length doesn't get altered one sweet bit!!

Also, in the funny saying category - my mum used to say "what a hoot!" all the time. And if it was really fun - it was a "hoot and a half!" I cringed when I was a teen, but now, I just love it. For a while, she also tried to stop swearing in front of us - so she was always saying "sugar!"

Heehee, this reminds me of a few times when I taught class and I said something was "a hoot and a holler." My students got a huge kick out of that; they had never heard it before and thought it was really funny. I also like the expression "a laugh and-a-half."

catinthedark · #57 07-11-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by littlecricket2

I also like the expression "a laugh and-a-half."

Love that one, too.

Along with "laughing my ass off." It's just so perfectly descriptive!

But another that annoys me: "In actual fact." Aren't all facts actual?

Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.

littlecricket2 · #58 07-11-2005, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by catinthedark

Love that one, too.

Along with "laughing my ass off." It's just so perfectly descriptive!

But another that annoys me: "In actual fact." Aren't all facts actual?

Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.

Oh yeah, that's a good one: "in actual fact." LOL That reminds me of another one. When people preface what they're about to say with, "Well, to be honest..." as if otherwise the listener would assume they are lying?!

dissention · #59 07-11-2005, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

That's my favorite as well.

Oh 'Heathers', how I love thee.

Heathers deserves a

. Best movie ever.

PS: Love Janice in your sig.

Miss Vicky · #60 07-12-2005, 12:27 AM

Here's one I don't get: "I don't give a rat's ass."

I mean, I say it all the time, even have a tshirt that says it, but what the hell does it mean?

And why a rat? What is significant about a rat's ass that would make you not give it?

As for the "bird in the hand" saying, I totally get it. It refers to the hunting of birds, pheasant for example, that normally take cover in low lying bushes/shrubs (rather than in trees). So, the bird that you've actually killed is worth more (i.e. will be dinner) than the ones you only wish you'd caught. I suppose the word bird could just as easily have been rabbit or any other small game animal.

Oh and Heathers? Rules. Big Fun.