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By *iddlesticks OP Man
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Dig out your oxy-morons and the down right confusing sayings that you hear.

This morning I said to somebody I was running late, but I was on my bike, I wasn’t running at all.

How do you go for a run in the car, and does that mean there’s only one car in the world.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

Makes perfect sense

Running - the action of managing or operating something.

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

"Makes perfect sense

Running - the action of managing or operating something."

I see, so I was managing or operating time.

It seems I was mismanaging time if anything.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Makes perfect sense

Running - the action of managing or operating something.

I see, so I was managing or operating time.

It seems I was mismanaging time if anything. "

Exactly!

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By *eliciousDiva69Woman
over a year ago

Schitts Creek

When someone is over the moon about something

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

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By *irty-pairCouple
over a year ago

South Essex

A lost thing is ‘always in the last place you look’.

Naturally. It would be pretty daft to carry on looking for something you’ve already found…

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By *aucasian GhandiMan
over a year ago

from my dad's left nut (Warwick)

You've got to surrender to win....

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

How does one turn a phrase?...

LvM

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

"How does one turn a phrase?...

LvM"

I think carpenters create them on metaphorical lathes.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

"Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

You see those two houses up there, well mines the one in the middle.

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By *heRazorsEdgeMan
over a year ago

Wales/ All over UK

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

As the nearest star (besides our own) is several light years away, a more accurate saying would be “shoot for the moon, if you miss you’ll drift through the immense void alone and scared until you eventually starve or suffocate “

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

I see said the blind man to his deaf daughter with no legs

Who said yes father, and got up and ran away.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

There's a lot to be done if there's nothing to be had.

Perfect stranger.How do you know a stranger is perfect if you don't know them?

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By *reative-mindMan
over a year ago

Exeter

"Sucking diesel" meaning I'm doing well, never heard anyone else say it other than my auntie.

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

If you break your legs don't come running to me

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

Mine would lol

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

I'll be there now in an hour.

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

As daft as a brush..... exactly how daft is a brush? Lol

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By *aucasian GhandiMan
over a year ago

from my dad's left nut (Warwick)

It's darkest just before dawn

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By *reative-mindMan
over a year ago

Exeter

"As daft as a brush..... exactly how daft is a brush? Lol"

Basil Brush?

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By *ittlemissFlirtyCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

"As daft as a brush..... exactly how daft is a brush? Lol

Basil Brush? "

Boom boom!

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By *relanddirectMan
over a year ago

cheshire

"Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

Hanging on the floor!!!

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By *xhibitionisticvoyeurMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

"Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

"It's by there" is a common one in Wrexham.

Why would you point to something next to the item rather than the item itself?!

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By *eliciousDiva69Woman
over a year ago

Schitts Creek

"I'll be there now in an hour.

Haha that’s definitely a Welsh saying

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By *ate_BMan
over a year ago

London

‘Quicker than a ho*ker going down on a billy goat.’

Courtesy of Trailer Park Boys.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Dig out your oxy-morons and the down right confusing sayings that you hear.

This morning I said to somebody I was running late, but I was on my bike, I wasn’t running at all.

How do you go for a run in the car, and does that mean there’s only one car in the world.

The verb to run relates to vehicles too e.g. the engine runs. In relation to the first example 'I am running late, ' the verb relates to TIME not to a physical activity performed by yourself.

They make perfect sense. Your schedule is behind where you expect it to be at that given time.

They make sense

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"There's a lot to be done if there's nothing to be had.

Perfect stranger.How do you know a stranger is perfect if you don't know them?"

Where do you get your first saying from ? Never heard it, never seen it in print, can't find any mention of it.

On the second one the 'not having any knowledge of the person you are meeting'

is perfect... not the person.

They are 'perfectly strange' to you not perfect in themselves

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". Neither of these things is worth anything, unless you've lost a parrot.

Bess x

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"How does one turn a phrase?...

LvM"

You 'turn' a phrase means you have a way with words and a unique way of putting them together and communicating what you mean to others and it is also used to point out certain already existing phrases. Think of it as being a wordsmith that works with words and turns them as one would any other material forged or turned by artisans..

So..... There the fuck you go mate..... to turn a phrase

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

This is assuming life also gave you sugar at some point.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

Well in all fairness

The moon is a moving target, and the earth is spinning.

You'd have to lead your aim and anticipate where the moon will be when you make the shot.

And considering the distances involved, a minor error in aim will translate in to a huge error the further out you get.

I guess the moons gravitational pull would go some way to drawing your shot

But I bet it's harder than it looks.

Of course, if you have a means of changing direction in space (such as adjustable thrusters) then I guess you'd simply change course accordingly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What's so special about bees knees?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could care less" is the one I hate most. It is thee most pointless indicator to how much you care...Of course Americans use it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

You see those two houses up there, well mines the one in the middle.

Who's shoes are these boots ?

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

"What's so special about bees knees?"
full of nectar

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

Lets have one for the road..... Why would the road want one?

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Room to swing a cat.

Put the cat down before I call the RSPCA

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

"What's so special about bees knees?full of nectar

"
bees knees was making fun of Italian immigrants in

America pronouncing business.

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By *lexanderSupertrampMan
over a year ago

Gourock

110%, surely you can only give 100%

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

"Room to swing a cat.

Put the cat down before I call the RSPCA"
this one refers to the cat of 9tails as punishment on a ship.

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By *im RoyleCouple
over a year ago

chester

Old news!! How??

Original copy????

Compassionate Tory !!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

WRONG - "I can't be asked"

yes you can. Anyone can ask you anything.

RIGHT- "I can't be arsed"

I'm not moving my fucking arse to do anything right now so fuck off

Hope that clears up the misuse of this everyday phrase.

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By *ichard574Man
over a year ago

West of Dfs

"Still waters run deep."

No they don't. If they're still, they done run at all.

"Your call is important to us." It obviously isn't, or you'd have bloody well answered by now.

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By *ristol_nicolaTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

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By *im RoyleCouple
over a year ago

chester

"WRONG - "I can't be asked"

yes you can. Anyone can ask you anything.

RIGHT- "I can't be arsed"

I'm not moving my fucking arse to do anything right now so fuck off

Hope that clears up the misuse of this everyday phrase. "

Who says “I can’t be asked”???

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

""I could care less" is the one I hate most. It is thee most pointless indicator to how much you care...Of course Americans use it

Because the phrase is “I couldn’t care less “. It has been shortened for some reason.

Like they now say “the proofs in the pudding “ which makes no sense at all. The actual phrase is “the proof of the pudding is in the eating “. Meaning you won’t know until you try

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

"On the second one the 'not having any knowledge of the person you are meeting'

is perfect... not the person.

They are 'perfectly strange' to you not perfect in themselves"

I think that's unlikely to be the original meaning. It seems to me that 'perfect' is meant in the sense of 'complete.'

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

""What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

What doesn't kill you can probably maim you pretty good

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

"Who's coat is that jacket? It's a popular saying in the valleys.

I’ll be there now in a minute

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"WRONG - "I can't be asked"

yes you can. Anyone can ask you anything.

RIGHT- "I can't be arsed"

I'm not moving my fucking arse to do anything right now so fuck off

Hope that clears up the misuse of this everyday phrase.

Who says “I can’t be asked”???"

I have a co worker who never swears.

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By *aucasian GhandiMan
over a year ago

from my dad's left nut (Warwick)

There's no such thing as a stupid question...there is in my experience

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

How bad is your aim that you missed the moon by that much?

The moon subtends an angle of about 1/2 a degree. It takes a skilled archer to hit a bulls-eye with that sort of accuracy. Yup, most are likely to miss.

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By *he Kat 666Woman
over a year ago

Salisbury

I could murder a coffee/pint/glass of wine, right now....

OK, let me know where the jugular is, I'll go find a gun... and I'm on it!!

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By *implymeABCMan
over a year ago

Newbury

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By *implymeABCMan
over a year ago

Newbury

"A lost thing is ‘always in the last place you look’.

Naturally. It would be pretty daft to carry on looking for something you’ve already found…"

Exactly this, its bugged me for years when people say stuff like this!!!

Also, when people give 110% - it just sounds daft

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My step grandmother had assaying no one has ever been able to explain. If someone was out sorts she would say "who blew your donkey over?" - if anyone has any insights to this phrase, i would love to hear them. As a qualifier, she was Manx.

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By *im RoyleCouple
over a year ago

chester

A cheeky pint! What’s cheeky about it??

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