FUN COMPARISONS AND DESCRIPTIVES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE...
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(11-11-2022, 10:05 PM)Josh21 Wrote: Hopefully I can give u a new one or two.  I’m old, but work with k-8th.  Hear lingo, not many phrases, just words.  Kinda sad.

Got one

“Jerk the tar outta u”

Bet u got it.

Would love to see those notebooks.

Yep... That's a good one.  Sort of similar to the one up there ^^^ somewhere..... "I'm gonna jerk a knot in you."

I'll give you a little sample of some of the "early" ones.... These were back in the late 1960s-1970s... Most of them you probably have heard. Some of them are easily recognizable.

Such as:

"Silence is golden"
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
"A stitch in time saves nine"
"Birds of a feather flock together"
"The early bird gets the worm"
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"

Then there are the ones a little more esoteric, a little more unusual.

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts"
"Pride goeth before a fall"
"Don't cast your pearls before swine"
"Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and it irritates the pig."

And the occasional ODD one...

"One rat dropping spoils a pot of rice"

And the really profound ones...

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."


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RE: FUN COMPARISONS AND DESCRIPTIVES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE... - by Hobbit99 - 11-11-2022, 10:41 PM

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