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Cats do pretty well when it comes to sayings and phrases. Things like “It’s the cat’s whiskers” or “the cat’s pyjamas!” I’ve never seen a cat in pyjamas, but they must look great if there's a saying about it.
A person who is happy looks like “the cat that got the cream” (or they’re “Happy as Larry.” Who is Larry and what has he got to be so happy about? Surely he gets sad once in a while?).
By comparison, for something that’s supposedly man’s best friend, dogs get a pretty bad deal thanks to our vernacular – “sick as a dog”, “like a dog’s breakfast” or “it sticks out like dogs balls” ; “as crooked as a dog’s hind leg” What, is a cat’s hind leg so straight? Obviously all sayings made up by a cat person...
Dogs are even portrayed as being the stingy ones. What type of bag do you take home from a restaurant? Of course, a doggy bag.Wayne suggested a “Near miss” as a strange saying. I’m puzzled by this one too: if you ‘nearly’ miss something, it means you DIDN’T miss it, which means you got it, whatever ‘it’ is, so you should be happy, not moaning about the fact you “nearly missed.”
Hornylittlepoker likes “flat out as a lizard drinking.”I had to consult Google for this one and apparently it’s Australian slang (which being Australian, I should know!) If you’re ‘flat out like a lizard drinking’ it apparently means that you’re really busy, going fast, flat out...
Well I know that lizards are fairly flat- looking and are often mistaken for snakes, but I don’t recall seeing them drink all that often or very fast. So to me, if I was flat out as a lizard drinking, I’d be laying about in the sun somewhere, glinting my eyes open and closed every now and then and eating the odd passing ant, not going at a 100 miles an hour.
Paying through the nose: What are you paying with here? Snot? “That’s 3 boogers thanks”. “Oh sorry I’m out of shrapnel... do you take Kleenex?”
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Posted by kaos264 on 2007-11-06 04:46:13 | Rating: | Views: 153
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love it, thank you hon, made me smile - hugs
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Posted by kentlass
on 2007-11-06 11:40:51
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Excellent!! Well, I'll be 'flat out as a lizard drinking' soon!! hehe
Theres also something costing 'an arm and a leg'. I think I'll pass on whatever that is. I like my arm and leg!
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Posted by HornyLittlePoker
on 2007-11-06 13:14:36
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how about Id give my first born...you now what that could work I have 4 boys and the teenager would surely make soeone else miserable for a few moments. Or dog days? what is a dogs day lay around licking themself and eating maybe chasing the occasional cat or truck passing by. Oh and my favorite"i'd give my left nut" Really yu would? I dont know any man who would do that one.
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Posted by MissShnn6
on 2007-11-08 16:09:53
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