Funny English phrases

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Eli1

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“Go on a wild goose chase”

I don’t know about you but this is very fun. Spending a day around the forest or field hunting geese with your dogs.
 

Eli1

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#82
“It ain't over till the fat lady sings”

I don’t understand what the weight of the lady has anything to do with her voice.
 

notmyown

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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!!!
i think of that one as a choice. you can eat the cake, but then it's eaten and you no longer have it.
or you can have it... keep it, so to speak, but not eat it? :unsure:

perhaps it's meant to be illustrative of a difficult choice?
 

Eli1

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i think of that one as a choice. you can eat the cake, but then it's eaten and you no longer have it.
or you can have it... keep it, so to speak, but not eat it? :unsure:

perhaps it's meant to be illustrative of a difficult choice?
I guess what they meant there is that you can’t have everything but picking cake is the worst example to illustrate that because everyone eats their cake when they buy it or receive it. They don’t hang it on the wall for decoration. :LOL:
 

notmyown

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I guess what they meant there is that you can’t have everything but picking cake is the worst example to illustrate that because everyone eats their cake when they buy it or receive it. They don’t hang it on the wall for decoration. :LOL:
true! and keep it too long and ewww!
 

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#87
“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.
Is it possible for 2 to play double solitaire?
 

Eli1

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Is it possible for 2 to play double solitaire?
I imagine this situation like this:

There are two people playing solitaire by themselves and are sitting next to each-other.
They've been playing for hours and neither one of them has said anything at all for hours.
Than, one of them says "Hey do you know any games where we can play together?"
 

Lynx

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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!!!
I like to cook. I'll have my cake, eat it and make another one.
 

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#91
This thread makes me as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
 

Zandar

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Does a cat have a climbing gear?
 

Zandar

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#93
This thread is like the cat that got its tail caught in the washing machine, It wont be long now.
 

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Pop this mortal coil/Shuffle this mortal coil.
Cats can do this 9 times, I've heard...
 

Eli1

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“Kill two birds with one stone”

This is impossible.
 

Eli1

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“Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”

Yes, because “revenge is a dish best served cold”.
 

Eli1

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“Leave no stone unturned”

What if the stone weights two tons?
 

notmyown

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Pop this mortal coil/Shuffle this mortal coil.
Cats can do this 9 times, I've heard...
Hamlet is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays! :D

- brevity is the soul of wit (i'll never be guilty of THAT one :giggle:)

- the lady protests too much, methinks

- something is rotten in the state of Denmark

and my personal fave:

- one may smile and smile and be a villain
:devilish: