Sayings that don't make sense.

Priori

hairyprincess wrote: »

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water......no idea what this means!

From WikiAnswers:

We use this expression when we want to keep the valuable things when we get rid of the things we don't want. It is usually used in the negative to mean that we don't want to throw out the good stuff when we throw out the bad stuff.

Is an old saying which means - inadvertently losing or getting rid of something of value while getting rid of something of no value; making a mistake in judgement; an unintended consequence.

hairyprincess

hairyprincess wrote: »

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water......no idea what this means!

That one is fairly obvious, it is an old saying when people had to throw bath water out as the baths for kids were metal type buckets.:D

Boombastic

Is it yourself?

endacl

Boombastic wrote: »

Is it yourself?

'tis. How's she cuttin'?

The King of Moo

Dun laoire wrote: »

"He wears his heart on his sleeve"

It means the emotional state is very clear, and, often, that they're quite sensitive.

If one thinks of the heart in the poetic sense as the seat of emotion, it means a person's emotions, or heart, are clearly visible, as though they were on their sleeve.

Jarren wrote: »

You are what you eat ?

Who am I ?

A chicken fillet ?:pac:

Simply, it means our physical and to an extent, emotional and mental states, are strongly influenced by the food we eat.

I think it caught on as a saying because food is inside us and therefore, almost physically a part of us, for a time at least.

Boombastic wrote: »

Is it yourself?

'tis.

csi vegas

lazygal wrote: »

What does that mean, wouldn't spend Christmas?

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

That even at Christmas time they wouldn't spend money

No. It means 'wouldn't spend time' as in Christmas time, because they're so mean: time being free and they wouldn't 'spend' it.
There's also the saying 'wouldn't spend tomorrow'. Same thing.

csi vegas

Tongue in cheek. Isn't it nearly always inside the cheek?

Cú Giobach

There's no smoke without fire.

Yes there is, often there is a lot more of the fucking stuff.

Feathers

csi vegas wrote: »

Tongue in cheek. Isn't it nearly always inside the cheek?

No...

I took it to mean that you're trying to keep a straight face when you're pulling someone's leg (where does that one come from, by the way?) - as in, you can't smile or grin if you're tongue is in tour cheek rather than beneath your palette. Still a strange turn of phrase though.

crazy cabbage

inspired by my comment i was about to write on a tread before it got closed (something to do with a man and a house) and didn't want my wonderfull wit to go to wast. Luckly it fits in nicly here too


I know who wears the pants in that realationship



what does that even mean

Bipolar Joe

Ladies didn't used to wear pants, it was always the man, him being the one who made the money, so on.

gurramok

"Its no skin off my nose", why not say ear, cheek, chin, why say nose and whats it to do with skin?

breadmonster

ups a daisy

toastedpickles

Don't come running to me when you break your legs - the mother is forever saying that to me

holystungun9

A stitch in time gathers no moss. Drunk guy gave me that golden nugget of life advice.

zcorpian88

"You 3 are a nice pair"

"Happy as Larry".....who the f**k is Larry?

Neeson

zcorpian88 wrote: »

"Happy as Larry".....who the f**k is Larry?

Larry Murphy. He raped and murdered wimmin. That's when he was at his happiest.

zcorpian88

Neeson wrote: »

Larry Murphy. He raped and murdered wimmin. That's when he was at his happiest.

Touche Neeson :cool:

PizzamanIRL

1. 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.'

No you couldn't.

2. 'Go away outta that'

Out of what?

I know, i'm being a bit too literal here but that's all i could think of.

'That's all i could think of'...Actually, I could think of more

Feathers

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

'Go away outta that'

Out of what?

That garden.