Colloquialisms [promises to be Unutterably Silly] - Page 4

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 12:49 PM

That lad's as thick as two short planks , knee-high to a grasshopper and needs to stand twice in same place to cast 'is own shadow .

DaleDe · 05-01-2008, 01:19 PM

He's one brick short of a full load or He's not playing with a full deck. (of cards)

Dale

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2008, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

That lad's as thick as two short planks , knee-high to a grasshopper and needs to stand twice in same place to cast 'is own shadow .

i know that lad ; he's as tall as three apples and thin as a nail right ?

NatCh · 05-01-2008, 01:27 PM

If he turns sideways and sticks out his tongue he looks like a zipper.

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 01:37 PM

He's as daft as a brush , and doesn't have a leg to stand on with that argument .

pilotbob · 05-01-2008, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i know that lad ; he's as tall as three apples and thin as a nail right ?

Yep, I wouldn't trust that snake without a mongoose around.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2008, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

He's as daft as a brush

heh, in french we say "con comme un balai", same thing.

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i know that lad ; he's as tall as three apples and thin as a nail right ?

or as thin as a rake

DaleDe · 05-01-2008, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

No, more like make like a drum and leave.

BOb

Ah, mixed metaphors, now you have opened a can of apples.

Dale

Megatron-UK · 05-01-2008, 02:03 PM

How about:

"It's a whole other kettle of fish" == It is completely different

"He's as bright as a two bob bit" == He is stupid (based on the Yorkshire definition of 'two bob bit', not the Cockney rhyming slang definition....)

"That's the dogs bollocks!" == That's really very good! (dogs testicles must be really good, because they spend whole days licking them)

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2008, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Megatron-UK

"He's as bright as a two bob bit" == He is stupid (based on the Yorkshire definition of 'two bob bit', not the Cockney rhyming slang definition....)

please PLEASE tell us what the cockney rhyming slang definition is !!! also, what's the yorkshire definition ? while you're at it...

Quote:

"That's the dogs bollocks!" == That's really very good! (dogs testicles must be really good, because they spend whole days licking them)

yet another occasion when i wish i had the "crinkling up its nose" smiley, or perhaps a hybrid crinkly / groaning smiley.

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

please PLEASE tell us what the cockney rhyming slang definition is !!! also, what's the yorkshire definition ? while you're at it...

"He's as bright as a two bob bit" -

don't know the Cockney , but in Yorkshire he's too clever by half ...

GeoffC · 05-01-2008, 02:18 PM

Must be plenty of variations on this :

Give 'im an inch and he'll take a mile ..

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-01-2008, 02:19 PM

"She looked like ice cream, and I wanted to be the tongue."

(From some silly noir detective flick)

Another:

"Legs all the way to her neck."

NatCh · 05-01-2008, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Must be plenty of variations on this :

Give 'im an inch and he'll take a mile ..

Not really a variation, but related: Let's give him enough rope to hang himself.

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05-01-2008, 12:49 PM	#46
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	That lad's as thick as two short planks , knee-high to a grasshopper and needs to stand twice in same place to cast 'is own shadow .

05-01-2008, 01:19 PM	#47
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	He's one brick short of a full load or He's not playing with a full deck. (of cards) Dale

05-01-2008, 01:27 PM	#49
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	If he turns sideways and sticks out his tongue he looks like a zipper.

05-01-2008, 01:37 PM	#50
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	He's as daft as a brush , and doesn't have a leg to stand on with that argument .

05-01-2008, 02:03 PM	#55
Megatron-UK Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: uk Device: Sony PRS505	How about: "It's a whole other kettle of fish" == It is completely different "He's as bright as a two bob bit" == He is stupid (based on the Yorkshire definition of 'two bob bit', not the Cockney rhyming slang definition....) "That's the dogs bollocks!" == That's really very good! (dogs testicles must be really good, because they spend whole days licking them)

05-01-2008, 02:18 PM	#58
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Must be plenty of variations on this : Give 'im an inch and he'll take a mile ..

05-01-2008, 02:19 PM	#59
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	"She looked like ice cream, and I wanted to be the tongue." (From some silly noir detective flick) Another: "Legs all the way to her neck."