IMHO - I would suspect "Ham" in referring to certain radio operators is a use that has evolved over time.

905 - Bring to heel
906 - Go For Broke
907 - Blow (Give) a raspberry
     Or a strawberry
908 - "He's a ham"


Around here - a raspberry (other than a piece of fruit) is a vocal expression of displeasure.
   A strawberry (other than a piece of fruit) is a skin abrasion as from rubbing against (often) the floor or street - usually accidental.   

Hi Rammel
on 907 I added Strawberry as a joke.

It is Blow a raspberry

Kelly

Hi Rammel

As always thank you for this discussion

Kelly

Quote from: Kelly on May 12, 2016, 09:02:29 PM
Hi Rammel
on 907 I added Strawberry as a joke.

It is Blow a raspberry

Kelly

I guess I should remove it.

I erased the strawberry from my list. 
Kelly, maybe you could use the to indicate a joke?
Maybe even on a separate post since you love making multiple ones...

Seems what I do does get commented on a lot

Hi Rammel
Hold the purse strings

In the UK it means who had charge of the home expenditure.

The saying is still used today.

Kelly

909 - Hold the purse strings

Hoist by one's own petard

Pass the buck

Hi Rammel
thank you

Kelly

910 - Pass the buck

Quote from: so_P_bubble on May 14, 2016, 03:42:54 AM
Hoist by one's own petard

? ? ? ? ?

That Rick is a golden oldie!

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hoist-by-your-own-petard.html

''The phrase 'hoist with one's own petard' is often cited as 'hoist by one's own petard'. In the USA, 'hoisted' is preferred so the alternative forms there are 'hoisted with one's own petard' is often cited as 'hoisted by one's own petard'.All the variants mean the same thing, although the 'with' form is strictly a more accurate version of the original source.
A petard is, or rather was, as they have long since fallen out of use, a small engine of war used to blow breaches in gates or walls. They were originally metallic and bell-shaped but later cubical wooden boxes. Whatever the shape, the significant feature was that they were full of gunpowder - basically what we would now call a bomb."

The device was used by the military forces of all the major European fighting nations by the 16th century. In French and English - petar or petard, and in Spanish and Italian - petardo.

"Petar was part of the everyday language around that time, as in this rather colourful line from Zackary Coke in his work Logick, 1654:

"The prayers of the Saints ascending with you, will Petarr your entrances through heavens Portcullis".

Cobbe family portrait of William Shakespeare Once the word is known, 'hoist by your own petard' is easy to fathom. It's nice also to have a definitive source - no less than Shakespeare, who gives the line to Hamlet, 1602:

"For tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his owne petar".

Note: engineers were originally constructors of military engines."

Interesting!  I never heard that.   But, what is the message it conveys?  What does it tell the recipient?

Basically that any damage done to him, he caused by his own actions and not any others.

In other words, he did it to himself.

911 - Hoist by one's own petard

I never thought that one would be obscure, as it was used freely when I was in college in UK. When someone was trying a trick against another person to gain some advantage and was caught cheating for example.

BTW in France a petard is also a "cracker" that you pull on birthdays or such and receive the little paper hat inside.  Nothing to do with the expression.

Adding

912 - A new broom sweeps clean.
913 - Penny wise and pound foolish.

Oh good often heard ones!  How did we miss them till now?

Quote from: so_P_bubble on May 23, 2016, 02:53:12 AM
Oh good often heard ones!  How did we miss them till now?

I think we're all looking too deeply. 

Yes, I am sure you are right.  Some collected are probably too "local" or obscure for much use. I am trying to use the 'regular" ones more and am getting some acknowledging smiles.

Another just sprang to mind, " having a lick and a promise...."

In my house think it was mentioned when someone was having a quick but short wash, a face wash, just a quick freshening up.....

Give up the ghost

914 - Give up the ghost.

Already in - 893 - A Lick and a promise

915 - He/she 's a caution  (may be local)
916 - Get poppin  (popping)
917 - Throw caution to the wind.

Get the bit between one's teeth -

Do we have this.........

" It takes one to know one...."

We don't have that on the list Vanilla!  Good one too.