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Tonights idioms..........

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Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 11 Aug 2006 21:29

guess we could have Horses for courses as well then No 1 ;-)))

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:32

as slippery as an eel

Nana Anna

Nana Anna Report 11 Aug 2006 21:33

Rat *rsed! drink related! :-)

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:36

looks like a pea on a drum

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 11 Aug 2006 21:38

Pleased as punch and following Anna'a lead, p****d as a newt ;-))

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:39

making sheep eyes

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 11 Aug 2006 21:39

I suppose we could have get one's oats and sow your wild oats ;-))))

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:41

which country eats newts Dee? (cheat, cheat, cheat!!!!) have you been drinking?

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:42

Dee,have you had mother's ruin with a splash of tonic water?

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 11 Aug 2006 21:43

Hi Teresa I am just a tad mellow ;-))) I was following n Nana Anna's train of thought about drink related idioms ;-)))

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:45

I gathered that might be the case.

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:47

will you need hair of the dog tomorrow?

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 11 Aug 2006 21:49

ask me in the morning Teresa, I am just off to bed with Lady Chatterleys Lover ;-))))

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:52

Dee, I first read that book when I was 12. It did the rounds of my convent school. It would be nice to read it again without having to hide it from my parents. Goodnight, enjoyed this thread.

**chrispy**

**chrispy** Report 11 Aug 2006 22:12

Rhubarb, Rhubarb. Chris

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 12 Aug 2006 07:10

Hi Teresa didn't need the hair of a dog but I do think I may be past my sell by DATE ;-))))

Lee

Lee Report 12 Aug 2006 07:37

AS sweet as sugar. It's as tangled as spaghetti,,,,,,,[ just made that one up ] p++++d as a Newt ,,,,,,,, Dee well i never,,,,,,,pmsl.

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 12 Aug 2006 07:42

Lee Should I have put three sheets to the wind do you think?? and in view of your spaghetti comment maybe I should have put Pasta my sell by date ;-)))))

Lee

Lee Report 12 Aug 2006 07:57

i know your age Dee and your not 'pasta your sell by date' by a long stretch of your spaghetti...... ;-))))))))

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 12 Aug 2006 09:15

this one is supposed to have Australian origins come the raw prawn and means to attempt to decieve someone and there are of course out of one's gourd - (crazy) and grasp the nettle ;-)))