I happened to remember someone telling me "Sometimes you have to shoot the engineer and begin the project." Funny how this echoes in my tired head these days. It sure would be nice to just get to the task at hand. I guess some out there want to talk it to death. Well, I'll go knock out a few projects that need doing. Anyone got any others that sound "odd" but have a meaning? Blessings.......
Funny(odd) sayings and their meanings.....
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"I wanna' see nothin' but a**holes and elbows you worthless ***'s."
SFC Beaufort Powers, USA
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1967
USAF385
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I can't remember the proverb in Ukrainian, but one that my grandfather used to say (in Ukrainian) is "if you chase two rabbits at the same time, you won't catch either one".
Some that I have read or heard are obviously just misused words, like: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." (Unless it literally means to pick up any eating utensils you come across.)
This one, though, I came across recently, and I can make no sense of it whatsoever:
"One should never use a dead pig for a prop while doing stand up comedy."
This one, though, I came across recently, and I can make no sense of it whatsoever:
"One should never use a dead pig for a prop while doing stand up comedy."
DeathGrip
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Concerning my wifes God Daughter's first love,
"sie versenkt ihren ersten Porsche"
My translation,
"She's blowing her first Porsche".
She has a bright future but is being used.
"sie versenkt ihren ersten Porsche"
My translation,
"She's blowing her first Porsche".
She has a bright future but is being used.
Steve O
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Yogi Berraism:
It's like Deja Vu all over again.
It's like Deja Vu all over again.
mc5aw
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"Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
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calmex
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Talk about splitting hares.
When buying a horse they would always check the horses teeth. Therefore to look a gift horse in the mouth would be insulting to the giver.
Alpo
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One of the way to tell the age of a horse is to check his teeth. If you are buying a horse, you check, to make sure that the seller is not lying about the age. If someone is GIVING you the horse, checking his teeth to see if he is young enough to be worth keeping is just - rude.
So you never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Donald Hamilton western, and this guy is buying supplies, and the storekeeper says he'll give the man a mule, to carry them. The man, suspicious, says, "What's wrong with the mule?"
Storekeeper says, "What's wrong with him? Everything. He's stubborn, he balks, he'll stomp your feet, he eats to much, and he tries to run off at night. But for free you can afford to shoot him when you can't stand him any longer."
edit: and looseman beat me to it
So you never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Donald Hamilton western, and this guy is buying supplies, and the storekeeper says he'll give the man a mule, to carry them. The man, suspicious, says, "What's wrong with the mule?"
Storekeeper says, "What's wrong with him? Everything. He's stubborn, he balks, he'll stomp your feet, he eats to much, and he tries to run off at night. But for free you can afford to shoot him when you can't stand him any longer."
edit: and looseman beat me to it
DeathGrip
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Another from my wife,
"ich habe zu nahe am wasser gebaut"
My translation,
If you cry easily you're built to close to the water.
"ich habe zu nahe am wasser gebaut"
My translation,
If you cry easily you're built to close to the water.
nicky4968
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From my grandmother (in Greek, of course):
"The Devil heard the children playing and ran away."
(They sounded like more trouble than he wanted.)
"The Devil heard the children playing and ran away."
(They sounded like more trouble than he wanted.)
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"Your *** sucks canal water."
I still have no idea what the heck that is supposed to mean.
I still have no idea what the heck that is supposed to mean.
It's always darkest before it gets TOTALLY BLACK....
jaykellogg
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That is a quote from Yogi Berra. When going to his home there was a fork (split) in the road, but either branch took you to his house.
How about "Beware of Greeks Bearing gifts" During the siege of Troy the Greeks appeared to have pulled out and left a large wooden horse behind. Hidden inside the horse were soldiers who opened the gate during a night of celebrating.
