Funny English phrases

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Eli1

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"I wish i could have been a fly in the wall"

This actually makes sense. :LOL:
 
Magenta

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Eli1 said:
"I heard it from the horse's mouth"

? Umm the horse doesn't speak English. Hello?
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"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

:unsure::giggle::unsure:

Have you ever received a horse as a gift? LOL. Me neither!
 
Eli1

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"Lame duck"

If you want to say Joe Biden ... just say Joe Biden.
 
Eli1

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"My way or the highway"

Couldn't we have picked a differing rhyming word here to make more sense?
For example "My way or the deathray"
 
Cameron143

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Eli1 said:
"My way or the highway"

Couldn't we have picked a differing rhyming word here to make more sense?
For example "My way or the deathray"
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I think you should start a lexicon of updated idioms.
 
Eli1

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"Scraping the bottom of the barrel"

What's wrong with scraping the bottom of the barrel anyway? It's practical, it's economical and it can also be very enjoyable because you're doing the best you can with what you've got.
 
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"Sweeping it under the rug"

I don't know about you but this has got to be the worst way of cleaning your house and you should probably not touch anything else because you're a "disaster waiting to happen".
 
Eli1

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"I got the cold shoulder"

Umm... the shoulder is not a space heater.
 
Eli1

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"Skeletons in the closet"

I don't see anything wrong with this. I assume you're studying biology.
 
Eli1

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"Spill the beans"

Okay, but what's this got to do with anything?
Did you pick the word "beans" from spinning a wheel of random words?
 
Eli1

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"Nail in the coffin"

Okay, but isn't this too late? How are they going to know about the nail in the coffin?
 
Eli1

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"Pipe dream"

I can't even visualize this.
 
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“You can’t have your cake and eat it too”

This has got to be the strangest one of all.
Goes against ALL personal experiences.


Hey we brought you some cake for your birthday, but you CANT eat it!!!
 
Eli1

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“Two can play that game”

I mean sure, but this isn’t anything new.
There are games which you play alone and games which you play with a group.
 
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“To get bent out of shape”

Isn’t this what happens when you do yoga?
 
Eli1

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“Don‘t give up your day job”

What if the person works the third shift?
 
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