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04-02-2008, 02:36 AM
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My Dad's phrase:
his mouth walks like a duck's ass only I can't translate it properly, because I can't find the correct verb (the Hungarian mouthwalk here denotes a mindless, annoying flow of words) It brings back pictures of my Grandma's yard: ducklings producing liquid, foul-smelling green sh*t, happily shaking their butt after the act and walking away pretending nothing happened. Unfortunately, it reminds me of one of my colleagues as well: she would amble in, pour on us a waterfall of malice and then walk away, leaving behind the unpleasant smell of her presence. |
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04-02-2008, 08:40 AM
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04-02-2008, 09:15 AM
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waaaaaaa :)
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The only thing that comes to my mind now (and that always causes non-Bavarians to giggle or look a bit puzzled) is
rejoice like a schnitzelI have no idea why of all things schnitzels are supposed to have such a bright mood  |
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04-02-2008, 02:31 PM
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It isn't easy being green
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Here are a few that many of you will recognize:
Happy as a clam Colder than a witch's tit Honest as the day is long Fresh as the morning dew Soft as a baby's bottom Hot as Hades Naked as a jaybird Wild as a bull in a china shop Quick as the wind Right as rain Horny as a rooster Straight as an arrow Crooked as a dog's hind leg Dead as a door nail etc. etc. etc. How about a new thread on figures of speech where one is asked to imaginatively complete a simile. Try this one: RUDE AS..... |
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04-02-2008, 03:22 PM
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earth worker
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^ rude as a mud hut.
how about like lipstick on a pig or a recent favorite, "(staggering from man to man...) like a drunken prom queen on an uneven sidewalk" Last edited by lukkucairi : 04-02-2008 at 03:27 PM. |
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04-02-2008, 03:42 PM
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My wife is sort-of a lapsed pagan. A few years back, when she was still a practicing Wiccan, she used to follow up that phrase with "And I should know!" In a similar vein, my father often used the expression Colder than a mother-in-law's kiss. |
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04-02-2008, 03:59 PM
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my friend from swamp country, mississippi frequently declares, "i'm so hungry, i could eat a buttered brick."
another one that i'm not ashamed to have stolen is, "this ain't my first rodeo." it's used typically when someone is trying to explain something to you that you already understand. i used it the other day with my realtor when she was trying to get me to accept some sort of hogwash that the seller was trying to pass off as fair. "um, no, this ain't my first rodeo." i think we should all vow to use one of the figures of speech from another country in every day conversation, in our own respective languages. personally, i'm going to look for an application for "his mouth walks like a duck's ass."
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04-02-2008, 04:15 PM
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oi
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Here's another one: He shook him (up) like Christ the cobbler. It means to shake someone angrily, because that person didn't do something he should have done. I'm familiar with most Bible stories, but I don't know what happened between Christ and the cobbler. Maybe it's in the Apocrypha...  |
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