PHRASES ORIGINATED IN SHOOTING
- Thread starter crazyphil
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Bullseye!
Maggie's Drawers!
Maggie's Drawers!
Keep your finger off the bugger hook
9 yards is not a full spread of sail in a full rigged 3 mast ship. Not by a long shot.
Just count them.
and it even does not have the stunsails rigged.Attachments
2tall79
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Back in the old days when you missed the target completely....the guy in the trench would wave a white flag. It was affectionately referred to as "Grannie's Drawers".
What?! Next you'll be telling us that machine gun belts aren't 27 feet long!9 yards is not a full spread of sail in a full rigged 3 mast ship. Not by a long shot.
Just count them.
Six shooter
Wheel gun
Trigger finger
Smoking Gun
Packin heat
Wheel gun
Trigger finger
Smoking Gun
Packin heat
Right on the mark.
John
John
"Bust a Cap in yo' $$$!" Joe
Have heard that "flash in the pan" was a gold panning term.
Have also heard that "lock, stock, and barrel" could have been a mercantile term: lock on the door, stock on the shelves, and barrel of pickles.
Have also heard that "lock, stock, and barrel" could have been a mercantile term: lock on the door, stock on the shelves, and barrel of pickles.
Targets Guy
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I would strike "Reach for the Sky" from that list. Just because it is the title of Douglas Bader biografy. There is also a movie with the same name with Kenneth More playing Bader. I recomend them both.
He was one of my heroes. What a life.
Targets Guy
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heater
bulls eye
bulls eye
Quiet 1
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I have my 'sights set' on...
'In my (the) crosshairs"
I've got a bead on it.
'In my (the) crosshairs"
I've got a bead on it.
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Sistema1927
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Surprised that this one hasn't been mentioned: Misfire
Quiet 1
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Or, dud. (Extra letters to post.)
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Quiet 1
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Perhaps just a sukoshi off-color but, "shooting blanks" is an oft used phrase. ;-)
snowman
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"Whatever trips your trigger!"
Andy
Andy
ironworks
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Don't flinch.
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