Slang sayings and what they mean

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10 Jan 05 23:10

Corsair

The English Pirate

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11 Jan 05 07:46

Originally posted by UncleAdam
Bite Me

I think it means

I dont care
or
who cares

or something

Depends what sort of company you keep 😀

steelydan

the Custerdome

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11 Jan 05 08:11

he's a CRACKER JACK lawyer.
ON THE SAME PAGE
JIGGY WIDIT
CUT A RUG
THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND
CRAPPED OUT
BALLS TO THE WALL

Corsair

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11 Jan 05 08:15

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Favs

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11 Jan 05 16:59

To keep to a chess theme......

"bashing the bishop"

ohfreak

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11 Jan 05 17:32

If yer goin' w/"bashing the bishop" then I'm throwing down with...

pounding the pope.

Joe Fist

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11 Jan 05 17:41

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
I've never understood why people say "cold as hell" . Isn't hell spose to be hot ?

Well it depends on whose Hell you are referring to:

In Dante's Inferno, in the lowest circle of Hell, the devil is supposed trapped in a frozen pool of ice with the "betrayers" such as Judas.

Joe Fist

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11 Jan 05 17:43

I always thought this one was weird:

To talk behind someone's back.

If you are talking behind someone's back, wouldn't that mean you are talking to their face?

Favs

Selby, UK

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11 Jan 05 18:01

Not really slang, but why are beans are in a can, but soup is in a tin?

Moldy Crow

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11 Jan 05 18:17

Originally posted by Joe Fist
I always thought this one was weird:

To talk behind someone's back.

If you are talking behind someone's back, wouldn't that mean you are talking to their face?

The one that's similar but bothers me more -"Talking out the other side of his mouth ".

Corsair

The English Pirate

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11 Jan 05 19:16

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
The one that's similar but bothers me more -"Talking out the other side of his mouth ".

How about 'cut off your nose to spite your face'?

Starrman

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11 Jan 05 21:09

Originally posted by Corsair
How about 'cut off your nose to spite your face'?

That's a bible reference, I'm sure if you pm RBHILL he'd be happy to extend his encyclopaedic knowledge of scripture to you and tell you where it's from, but it is part of a bigger moral story I think 🙂

darvlay

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11 Jan 05 21:12

Originally posted by ohfreak
If yer goin' w/"bashing the bishop" then I'm throwing down with...

pounding the pope.

Further to this chain:

Shaking hands with the General.

Joe Fist

Troubador

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11 Jan 05 21:14

I always liked "roughing up the suspect"

Starrman

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11 Jan 05 21:19

There's one in Spanish which means "and that's no lie", I don't remember the actual Spanish for it, but it literally translates to "That ain't no turkey's booger" now what in atheism's name is that all about?

UncleAdam

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11 Jan 05 21:20

Originally posted by Favs
Not really slang, but why are beans are in a can, but soup is in a tin?

not sure, but over here in the USA we call it a can of soup