You guys can blame 007 for this--- If you need someone to blame. Or...you can blame me---I don't care.!! I like exploring the "odd" or "weird" things that pop up in our language. Some of these are idiomatic (from certain areas of the country..), while others are fairly universal. I'm sure you will recognize some of them, but I expect some of them will be new to you. As a little background let me say that most of these will be a form of 'speech' described as a comparison. The first two types are 'Simile' and 'Metaphor' which are comparisons between unlike 'things'. Comparisons can be either "direct' or 'indirect' and 'expressed' or 'implied'. But don't worry too much about all of that (unless you're interested in how our language develops..). There are other parts of speech that may show up here from time to time also. Don't worry about them either...
Just read and enjoy.!! Oh, also... Please don't be shy.!! I WANT to hear YOUR favorite speech idioms and sayings.
THIS WILL BE FUN.!!
P.S. I think 007 ought to start us off, since he is responsible for this....
Well, I guess 007 is not going to start us off........so I will. Here are a couple of 'sayings' that tell a tell a story with a comparative note that MIGHT make you smile.!!
****Christian McCaffrey maneuvered amongst the defenders like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
****Jaycee Horn playing 'man coverage' was stuck to his receiver like white on rice.
My Grand Pappy taught me lots of things. But two of the most important ones were...
"No matter how tempted you are, Never look a gift rattlesnake in the mouth."
"You can pet a kitten, and you can pet a puppy, but Never try to pet a moving train."
My Grand Pappy once told me about something that happened to him. We were traveling down the road headed to the stadium when I developed a sure and certain need to use "the facilities." He looked at me and told me to "hold it." Then he quickly added "Don't Sneeze."
Later that day we were talking about wanting to be a "winner". I said that it took a lot of drive and ambition to get to be a winner. My Grand Pappy just looked at me and said "let me tell you about ambition." He continued by saying "Imagine a little flea crawling up an elephant's leg intent on rape." That's ambition.!!
Maybe a lil much.
My grandpa said put a ‘lil Pete on it. Texas Pete.
It was hilarious!
Funny though Hobbit.
(09-04-2022, 09:42 PM)Josh21 Wrote: [ -> ]Maybe a lil much.
My grandpa said put a ‘lil Pete on it. Texas Pete.
Pete....Texas Pete.!! That certainly qualifies.!
Can a 4-engine Super JetLiner fly on only one engine.?? You decide.... But here is a commentary from a 747 Captain of British Airways Flight BA-9 from London to Auckland back in 1982. After flying through a volcanic cloud around Indonesia the 747 developed "engine trouble" and all 4 engines suddenly went quiet. The Captain, Eric Moody, is quoted as saying:
Quote:Ladies and gentleman, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damndest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.
***So, this is an example of
English 'understatement'.
"small problem" = A 747 'Jumbo jet' has just magically changed into a lawn dart.
"I trust you are not in too much distress" = Oh really.?? What is that smell.?? Why is everyone racing for the lavatory----all carrying little clothes bags.??
Here's a couple you have probably heard before. (Well, maybe..).
When someone is lying to you and trying to convince you of their sincerity, here are a couple of possible responses.....
"You know, I may have fallen off of a turnip truck, but I didn't fall off yesterday.!!
or maybe this one..
"Hmm, I was born at night, ... but not LAST night.!!
It is what it is- John Fox. Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives u something to do, but doesn’t get u any where. - Van wilder (movie)
I got more.
Not mine, but movies n books.
I don’t know mine are idioms as much as great quotes.
Sign at one of mine says,
Chicken loses job.
Chicken is broke.
Chicken strips!
JOSH...
ROTFLMAO..... "Chicken Strips"..
I nearly fell off my chair.
I can see you're getting in the swing of it.!!
The "worrying" saying is a new one for me. It may be a movie quote, but I sincerely doubt that it started there. Probably started some other place and time, and the script writers just "borrowed" it for the movie. GREAT example.!
So.... Here is a couple more "grandpa(..isms)"
When someone was telling a whopper and getting upset about it, instead of calling them out by saying 'bullsh*t' or 'horsesh*t' he would often say something like "heifer dust". Sometimes he would use "horse exhaust" instead.
Once in a while if he was particularly upset with someone he would resort to calling them names. One of his favorites was calling someone the "north end of a southbound horse." He had some others too.....