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

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Lee

Lee Report 25 Aug 2006 08:07

theres nowt strange as folk............ The hair of the dog............... dont p**s up my back...!............... Dont get your knickers in a twist............. You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. As pretty as a pictue...................

Dee the Bibliomaniac

Dee the Bibliomaniac Report 12 Aug 2006 18:45

just thought, have we had curry favour?? ;-))

**chrispy**

**chrispy** Report 12 Aug 2006 12:09

Not my cup of tea! Chris x

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 ;-)))

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 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 07:37

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 07:10

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

**chrispy**

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

Rhubarb, Rhubarb. Chris

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.

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 21:47

will you need hair of the dog tomorrow?

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:45

I gathered that might be the case.

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 21:42

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

Alek

Alek Report 11 Aug 2006 21:41

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

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 21:39

making sheep eyes

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 21:36

looks like a pea on a drum