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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#501 Post by LAT » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:02 pm

The silage goes well with all the mud outside our front door. :roll:

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#502 Post by SparkOut » Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:21 am

No, it might be iron pyrites

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#503 Post by LAT » Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:45 am

Indeed it might! :D

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#504 Post by SparkOut » Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:37 pm

So all that glitters/glisters is not gold. Next

[D] P T C B T H

(The same saying may be worded differently depending on whether it's phrased as an instruction - with the D - or as a statement of the situation - without the leading D - or even with a leading T instead)

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#505 Post by LAT » Fri May 24, 2024 2:15 pm

(Don't) put the cart before the horse

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#506 Post by SparkOut » Fri May 24, 2024 6:52 pm

That's it

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#507 Post by LAT » Sat May 25, 2024 9:50 am

O O S O O M

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#508 Post by SparkOut » Mon May 27, 2024 6:09 pm

I thought I might be onto something but I lost visibility and now it's gone clean out of my head.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#509 Post by LAT » Mon May 27, 2024 6:22 pm

:lol:
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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#510 Post by SparkOut » Mon May 27, 2024 7:52 pm

I see it again, it's not out of sight, out of mind after all. Next is

A C M L A A K

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#511 Post by SparkOut » Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:07 pm

So said Alice

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#512 Post by LAT » Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:15 pm

Miaow?

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#513 Post by SparkOut » Sat Jul 27, 2024 6:19 am

In this case, making sounds is not the pertinent part, but that's the sound it would have made. Or maybe did, while doing the other thing.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#514 Post by LAT » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:26 am

I'm hoping the miaow might have translated to " Hello your majesty" when this cat looked at King Charles (or any other king of her choosing)

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#515 Post by SparkOut » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:31 am

Off with her head! Or
On with the next!

A Cat May Look At A King is of course correct. I think King Charles might display more decorum than the King of Hearts.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#516 Post by LAT » Sat Jul 27, 2024 12:42 pm

S T R A S T C

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#517 Post by SparkOut » Sat Jul 27, 2024 3:12 pm

Very dodgy ground legally. Banned completely up here in Sockland.

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#518 Post by LAT » Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:02 pm

:D
I did nearly post that this was a rather controversial one!

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Re: Well known phrases and sayings

#519 Post by SparkOut » Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:35 pm

Well, Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child can be dismissed

F T M O B A C

or O O T M O B A C

same phrase, slight variation at the beginning

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