Colloquialisms [promises to be Unutterably Silly] - Page 16

GeoffC · 06-05-2008, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I don't know & I grew up here.

You ask the question, and you don't know the answer!!

zelda_pinwheel · 06-29-2008, 11:54 AM

i just read "my dogs are barking today" in a comic strip. it was in a series of colloquialisms using "dog" so i don't have any context to interpret it. anybody can tell me what this means ?

vivaldirules · 06-29-2008, 12:04 PM

I think it means that your feet (dogs) are hurting. But that would be a humanoid colloquialism (oh, yeah - that's the topic of this here thread, ain't it?). In just plain dogglish, it just means you have some great dogs and they're having a great day. Arf! Arf, Arf!

zelda_pinwheel · 06-29-2008, 12:06 PM

ok, that makes sense. thanks vr ! arf to you too ! or, as we say over here, "ouaf ouaf !"

vivaldirules · 06-29-2008, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ok, that makes sense. thanks vr ! arf to you too ! or, as we say over here, "ouaf ouaf !"

Oaf? I may be a dog and a bit big about the middle and, well, I'm a little slow in the noggin, too. But I'm no oaf! Arf!

GeoffC · 06-29-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i just read "my dogs are barking today" in a comic strip. it was in a series of colloquialisms using "dog" so i don't have any context to interpret it. anybody can tell me what this means ?

also used in context "my dogs are barking (mad)" etc...

RickyMaveety · 06-29-2008, 12:28 PM

Some of the ones I like ...

loose cannon (dangerous)
squirrell bait (nuts)
jail bait (underage girl)
the lights are on, but nobody's home (dim witted)
if you stick a lump of coal up his/her ass you'll get a diamond
nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs

RWood · 07-02-2008, 10:58 PM

in honor of VR

dog day
dog tired
a dog's life
dog faced
dog gone it (milder form of gald dern it, see NatCh for more info)

Mindy · 07-03-2008, 04:33 AM

Gone to the dogs?

pshrynk · 07-03-2008, 09:37 AM

That damned dog is in my garden again!

Oh, wait, that's a truism, not a colloquialism.

vivaldirules · 07-03-2008, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

That damned dog is in my garden again!

Oh, wait, that's a truism, not a colloquialism.

Now just a doggone minute! ['doggone' would be an unthinkably horrid event and so this borders on being an expletive]

Sparrow · 07-03-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i just read "my dogs are barking today" in a comic strip. it was in a series of colloquialisms using "dog" so i don't have any context to interpret it. anybody can tell me what this means ?

May have been part of the thinking behind the 'Hush Puppy' brand name:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/189600.html

"knowing that aching feet were called barking dogs, thought that 'Hush Puppies' would be a good name for the shoes"

RWood · 07-03-2008, 10:36 AM

As I sit here at the keyboard inside where it is cool, away from the heat of the dog days of summer, I reflect at the many varied and colorful expressions expressed in this thread.

No, the thread has not gone to the dogs although some of the strained constructions -- and this post is no exception -- make me wince or laugh. (Mostly in the reverse order.)

So I offer a snip for a post I left in another thread (it was an aside there) in commenting on the Land of Oz -- "Where the men are men and the sheep are afraid." Mark responded that they had created a strain of unafraid sheep.

zelda_pinwheel · 07-03-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

May have been part of the thinking behind the 'Hush Puppy' brand name:

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/189600.html

"knowing that aching feet were called barking dogs, thought that 'Hush Puppies' would be a good name for the shoes"

ha ! i like that. thanks.

slayda · 07-03-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

As I sit here at the keyboard inside where it is cool, away from the heat of the dog days of summer, I reflect at the many varied and colorful expressions expressed in this thread.

No, the thread has not gone to the dogs although some of the strained constructions -- and this post is no exception -- make me wince or laugh. (Mostly in the reverse order.)

So I offer a snip for a post I left in another thread (it was an aside there) in commenting on the Land of Oz -- "Where the men are men and the sheep are afraid." Mark responded that they had created a strain of unafraid sheep.

Didn't he mean that they "bred" a strain of unafraid sheep?

06-29-2008, 11:54 AM	#227
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	a colloquialism question i just read "my dogs are barking today" in a comic strip. it was in a series of colloquialisms using "dog" so i don't have any context to interpret it. anybody can tell me what this means ?

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06-29-2008, 12:04 PM	#228
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I think it means that your feet (dogs) are hurting. But that would be a humanoid colloquialism (oh, yeah - that's the topic of this here thread, ain't it?). In just plain dogglish, it just means you have some great dogs and they're having a great day. Arf! Arf, Arf!

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ok, that makes sense. thanks vr ! arf to you too ! or, as we say over here, "ouaf ouaf !"

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RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Some of the ones I like ... loose cannon (dangerous) squirrell bait (nuts) jail bait (underage girl) the lights are on, but nobody's home (dim witted) if you stick a lump of coal up his/her ass you'll get a diamond nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs

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RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	in honor of VR dog day dog tired a dog's life dog faced dog gone it (milder form of gald dern it, see NatCh for more info)

07-03-2008, 04:33 AM	#234
Mindy Away with the Faeries Posts: 483 Karma: 8459 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Sony PRS 650	Gone to the dogs?

07-03-2008, 09:37 AM	#235
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	That damned dog is in my garden again! Oh, wait, that's a truism, not a colloquialism.

07-03-2008, 10:36 AM	#238
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	As I sit here at the keyboard inside where it is cool, away from the heat of the dog days of summer, I reflect at the many varied and colorful expressions expressed in this thread. No, the thread has not gone to the dogs although some of the strained constructions -- and this post is no exception -- make me wince or laugh. (Mostly in the reverse order.) So I offer a snip for a post I left in another thread (it was an aside there) in commenting on the Land of Oz -- "Where the men are men and the sheep are afraid." Mark responded that they had created a strain of unafraid sheep.