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Funny Sayings Part 2
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reeta1
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My mother �s favorite--"Tough luck, Charlie Brown!
When I was teaching grade 5 last year, I had a student, I, who said insulting things about another girl, S. She said S was unkind because she said mean things. I said that �s like the pot calling the kettle black. I said, what? They spent the next fifteen minutes looking up that meaning on the internet. When they finally found it, I and S were adament they didn �t say unkind things. I said, people in glass houses shouldn �t throw stones. Back to the Internet to look up what that meant. It amused them for at least 25 minutes looking up idioms on the Net. |
14 Dec 2010
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Stellam
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 this is a great anecdote! You are a resourceful teacher, Reeta!
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14 Dec 2010
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jannabanna
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One of my colleagues comes from the north of England and she would always say:
"Well, it �s better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick!"
when we had the slightest rise in salary. Love it! |
14 Dec 2010
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junya
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My family has created lots of sayings which meanings can�t be understood easily as they are connected with the certain story or event happened in our family. So when I was a child my babushka and great-babushka (grandma and great-grandma of course) used to say �Musya , raise your leg�. In fact my great-great-grandma had a cow called Musya and when she started milking and wanted to put a bucket under the cow, she always asked Musya to raise her leg to make it easier and clever Musya helped her. So if somebody in our family asks for help, she or he says: �Musya, raise your leg�. As for English sayings a friend of mine who is an American always says �he is a legend in his own mind� when he describes a person that thinks he is too clever but he isn�t. And when my best friend from the UK explains something to me, he always finishes his explanation with the words �easy-peasy� and I add �lemon-squeezy�. |
14 Dec 2010
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GIOVANNI
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When my daughter was baby I used to say "she is such an itzy bitzy little thing and such a cutie pie that all I want to do is love her to death". |
14 Dec 2010
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Zora
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@ Giovanni - Ahhhh... that is so sweet.... 
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14 Dec 2010
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douglas
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Yeah! I can post messages again!
I always liked:
"You have an excellent grasp of the obvious"
It has about the same meaning as: "No sh$t, Sherlock" or "No duh!", but it sounds so much more elegant. People often don�t even realise they are being mocked. I �ve had people respond with "Thank you". 
Douglas |
14 Dec 2010
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ueslteacher
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That �s a good one, DouglasTwo boots are a match/pair if two people do smth similarly stupid or bad. Sophia |
14 Dec 2010
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