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Joke with idiom
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cunliffe
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Joke with idiom
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Last night I went to dinner with a group of friends. One of them had their 5 year old daughter with them. This little girl could not stop staring at me. I checked my shirt - buttons were done up; I checked my make-up, everything OK; my hair... Everything was in place. I raised my glass of wine and she just never took her eyes off me. Eventually, I had to ask her, �Why are you watching me so closely, my dear? � �I �m just waiting to see how you drink like a fish, � she replied.
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6 Dec 2013
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jannabanna
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Well...well..... Lynne, I �m afraid your reputation is now worldwide!
Janet |
6 Dec 2013
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maryse pey�
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I love the way the children reflect ! So funny and natural ! So simple !
Do you know how it is to drink like a fish ? Lol ! |
6 Dec 2013
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cunliffe
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It �s an idiom, which means to drink copious amounts of alcohol. For the sake of my international reputation  , I will point out this is an old joke and I was just moving the spam down a bit. For the record, I only drink at the weekend, so cheers, everybody! Bottoms up!
Lynne |
6 Dec 2013
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maryse pey�
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Yes, it �s an idiom. And like many idioms their logic is felt completely different by the children. And as far as I am concerned I am completely drunk even if I haven �t drunk like a fish...
And that �s why I thought the girl �s reaction so funny.
Here in France some idioms are particularly funny too... |
6 Dec 2013
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cunliffe
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Can you share a couple, Maryse? How will they sound, translated into English, I wonder?
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6 Dec 2013
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maryse pey�
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Let me reflect :
"To drink like a hole" for "to drink like a fish"
"to rain ropes" for "to rain cats and dogs"
"to have the stomach in the heels" means "to be very very hungry"
I will give more as soon as I have gathered the funniest. OK ? |
6 Dec 2013
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minimal70
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at an early age, children have the ability to produce speech that is equivalent to philosophers �s; their mind is so structured that everything in it seems latent. at one time you may hear the psychologist speaking; at another time, the output is a mere reflection of what a linguist sees things; more than that, you may see children working on objects or playing with other materials as if they were enginner; at last you may witness a physician acting, modelling or analyzing.
the world of a child is on its own; a species specific |
6 Dec 2013
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edrodmedina
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Yes Lynne we �ve heard it �s only on the weekends... but for the entire weekend... nonstop. Ed |
6 Dec 2013
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cindyfreksen
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Hey that is funny Maysee,
some of your idioms are the same in Danish - you drink like a hole in the ground instead of a fish here too, but it rains in poles here!
On can also feel like a dog in a game of bowls!
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6 Dec 2013
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ueslteacher
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In Russian: drink like a shoemaker
it pours as if from a bucket hungry as a wolf the heart went to the heels is used to say you �re scared And if you feel like a fish out of water, you usually say, "I am not in my plate" The one my boys like a lot is "You scared a cat with a sausage" (that �s what you say when you mean "Bring it on!")
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6 Dec 2013
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