Quote from: Vanilla-Jackie on September 04, 2016, 09:01:14 AM
I give up....   

Never give up.   (Used often but doesn't qualify in my opinion)
With 900 + listed they are getting "few and far between". Every once in a while I remember one but by the time I get to the puter the brain is blank ;-(

971 - Few and far between.

RAMMEL, did I almost strike gold with that one?  

Ahh just thought of another one.....

" Strike while the iron is hot..."

Now if we have got that one, " I shall eat my hat.."

sorry, no cigar. (already on list)

#284 - Strike while the iron is hot.
#776 - I shall eat my hat

What about " striking gold..."

Cigar - 

972 - (It's like) "Striking gold".

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Quote from: so_P_bubble on September 06, 2016, 04:40:52 AM
A closed mouth catches no flies.

Take a look at # 635.  Is it too similar?

635 - A cat in gloves catches no mice

Lets give this one a try.....

" They give with one hand and take from the other..."

Rammel, I am still looking for that hat to eat....

I suppose the meaning is similar if the image is not. The close mouth just seems more realistic than a gloved cat! lol
I am writing it under 635 as an alternative.

The age of miracles is past 

Bubble - the minute I saw your post "the age of miracles is past", the George Gershwin song, A Foggy Day in London Town, popped into my head . . .

"A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down
I viewed the morning with much alarm
The British Museum had lost its charm

How long, I wondered, could this thing last?
But the age of miracles hadn't passed,
For, suddenly, I saw you there
And through foggy London Town
The sun was shining everywhere".

"Stick me with a fork--I'm done!"

Give him (someone) your little finger, and he'll take your whole hand.

By the way, where does the expression "cheeky little thing" come from? Cheeky= fresh, but why cheeky?

My dad used to say "Give him and inch and he'll take a mile".  Similar to what you were saying RUTUMI.  And I bet it's already in there.

And by the way, I can't stand it anymore.  I have to be a bit "cheeky" and ask about your name.  How is it pronounced and where does it originate?

Quote from: so_P_bubble on September 07, 2016, 03:49:23 AM
I suppose the meaning is similar if the image is not. The close mouth just seems more realistic than a gloved cat! lol
I am writing it under 635 as an alternative.

I added it as 635A  (right under 635)

Quote from: Marilyne on September 07, 2016, 11:05:44 AM
Bubble - the minute I saw your post "the age of miracles is past", the George Gershwin song, A Foggy Day in London Town, popped into my head . . .

"A foggy day in London Town
......".

A song I've always liked.

A little catching up ---

973 - On the money.
974 - They give with one hand and take from the other
975 - The age of miracles is past
976 - "Stick me with a fork--I'm done!"
977 - Give him (someone) your little finger, and he'll take your whole hand.


#776 - I shall eat my hat
#448 - "Give him and inch and he'll take a mile"

armed to the teeth

go haywire

Quote from: JaneS on September 07, 2016, 06:06:59 PM
My dad used to say "Give him and inch and he'll take a mile".  Similar to what you were saying RUTUMI.  And I bet it's already in there.

And by the way, I can't stand it anymore.  I have to be a bit "cheeky" and ask about your name.  How is it pronounced and where does it originate?

If you mean "Rutumi", it's made up from the first two letters of the names of three of my granddaughters (Runa, Tuva, Mica). One takes what one has...    Oh, and pronounced Roo-Too-mee.

OK, I totally understand that!  And that's how I was pronouncing it.  Back when I started I used my grandchildren for a password too.  Using first letters it was DANK.  Got rid of that one!

An interesting discussion might be "How'd you get that name".

Back later with any new stuff.

Sorry Rammel but my curiosity was piqued.  I'll be good now!

Quote from: JaneS on September 08, 2016, 12:17:56 PM
Sorry Rammel but my curiosity was piqued.  I'll be good now!

I get curious too. I was serious about a discussion on "name" origins. I think we had one in the old discussions, or was it Sr Net?

I have no problem with occasional "wanderings".

Sorry, I don't remember that kind of discussion.  Maybe someone else will.

Neither do I...

Hope no one wants to ask my origin of " vanilla..." as I really have no clue as to how or why I chose it....

Rammel, I remember having a discussion on previous names used, especialy the names used on your old senior net...I vaguely remember our members were posting that previously I was known as " so and so..."

Always remember my late father telling me to speak up when talking to my uncle Joe as he was......

" a bit " mutt and Jeff...."

....deaf...

I as a child, always thought father was saying muttton Geoff.... I could never undersatand how a joint of meat came into it...

978 - armed to the teeth
979 -  Grit your teeth and bear it.
980 - go haywire
981 - Grab the bull by the horns.
982 - You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

"He's a flywheel"  (similar to Bull in a china shop) - is one I hard around here from time to time. But I have a feeling it is not very universal. Has anyone else heard this?

I've heard something similar...

He's a loose cannon!