Pancake Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 (edited) Just been reminded of a chap I used to work with that used to try and use idioms and saying in general conversation but always got them wrong: "My PC has given up the goat" "Well, lets make way while the sun shines" Always used to crack me up. Anyone got any others from foolish work mates? Edited 23 October, 2008 by Pancake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 "Another day another bit of money" "Pull yer pants up now Bates" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFartPants Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 I once saw a totally thick gimp on that TV programme called The Villa that was boasting of a girl that wanted to be Split Roasted by him and his mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Same ship different bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 A modreator on a forum I use says this:- 'Anyone got any others form foolish work mates?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Shearer Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 A modreator on a forum I use says this:- 'Anyone got any others form foolish work mates?' Are you Bath Saint in disguise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 A modreator on a forum I use says this:- 'Anyone got any others form foolish work mates?' .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Couple of years ago my Brother when looking at something on the pc said "look at her camel hoof" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Some **** in my office always uses 'open up a can of beans'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFartPants Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Some **** in my office always uses 'open up a can of beans'. How are your nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 How are your nuts? I was going to ask the same thing! Was it fun ripping the plaster off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 My favourite from an old work mate and one that I now use myself. 'He is a nasty piece of cake' Cracks me up just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 and another thing that I was thinking about the other day. I am sure the old and correct term was 'Splitting Image' and that has now become 'Spitting Image' Can anyone confirm this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 23 October, 2008 Author Share Posted 23 October, 2008 and another thing that I was thinking about the other day. I am sure the old and correct term was 'Splitting Image' and that has now become 'Spitting Image' Can anyone confirm this. Dear Word Detective: I'm in the midst of an argument with a friend over the expression "spittin' image," meaning look-alike. He insists that the expression is "splitting image." Which of us is correct? What is the origin of this expression? -- Linda, via the internet. You are correct, although your friend's attempt to make "spittin' image" make more sense as "splitting image" (as if one person had split into two) merits an honorable mention. Your friend's version, incidentally, is a good example of a process known as "folk etymology," whereby an unfamiliar or seemingly nonsensical phrase, often very old, is altered slightly to make it more understandable in modern terms. But the phrase is definitely "spitting image" or "spittin' image," meaning "exact likeness" and it's based on an earlier form, "spit and image," which first appeared around 1859 Just where the phrase came from and exactly what it means, however, is hotly debated in etymological circles. Most authorities accept the "spit" element of the phrase at face value, and maintain that it is a remarkably inelegant metaphor for similarity: "just as if one person were spit out of another's mouth." A similar saying in French, "C'est son pere tout crache" ("He is his father's spit and image"), lends support to this theory, as do earlier English sayings with the same meaning, such as "the very spit of," which appeared around 1825. The late poet and etymologist John Ciardi, however, maintained that "black magic" lay at the root of the phrase. Armed with a sample of someone's saliva ("spit") and a doll made to resemble the person ("image"), goes the theory, a sorcerer could cast all sorts of evil spells on the hapless victim. Yet another theory regards "spit" as a shortened form of "spirit," but there is no real evidence for this, and it sounds to me like another "folk etymology" effort to make a very weird phrase slightly less weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 My mate said the other day: 'That's a stone-cold penalty!' LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 and another thing that I was thinking about the other day. I am sure the old and correct term was 'Splitting Image' and that has now become 'Spitting Image' Can anyone confirm this. Donkeys Years is another one like that, it started as "Donkeys' ears". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 I like the OS with their 'flag kicks' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Nuts ok, an occasional sharp pain here and there when they swing about. Plasters come off easy in the bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao Cap Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 A friend of my Mum's used to say that she trusted someone "explicitly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 my wife says 'deaf as a doughnut' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 my wife says 'deaf as a doughnut' Pardon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Finch of Maycomb Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Couple of years ago my Brother when looking at something on the pc said "look at her camel hoof" was he looking at this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 A friend of my Mum's used to say that she trusted someone "explicitly" Hope you smashed her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 i've noticed a few people recently using the phrase "if you think that's gonna happen, you've got another thing coming"........i am right in thinking that it should be 'think' not 'thing', aren't i?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 i've noticed a few people recently using the phrase "if you think that's gonna happen, you've got another thing coming"........i am right in thinking that it should be 'think' not 'thing', aren't i?? Hmm thats a good one. I can see both sides. Another thing coming as in, if you think a is gonna happen you have another thing coming ie b. Although with think... Another think is coming as in, whats coming is not what you expect, which will cause you to think again. I would personally say it makes more sense with thing rather than think but I can see it both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Saint Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 It makes no sense with "think". You're both being daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 It makes no sense with "think". You're both being daft. well i personally think it's 'think'. evening sweetheart, btw xx:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao Cap Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 Hope you smashed her... Well I was about 7 at the time. But yes, yes I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 23 October, 2008 Share Posted 23 October, 2008 well i personally think it's 'think'. evening sweetheart, btw xx:D Think, people who use 'thing' irritate me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 24 October, 2008 Share Posted 24 October, 2008 A colleague of mine stated during a meeting "My reputation exceeds me..." It did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 24 October, 2008 Share Posted 24 October, 2008 A modreator on a forum I use says this:- 'Anyone got any others form foolish work mates?' :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 24 October, 2008 Author Share Posted 24 October, 2008 "...just desserts..." makes me laugh too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 24 October, 2008 Author Share Posted 24 October, 2008 It makes no sense with "think". You're both being daft. I would have expected better from a librarian to be honest. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have_another_think_coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 24 October, 2008 Share Posted 24 October, 2008 It makes no sense with "think". You're both being daft. I would have expected better from a librarian to be honest. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have_another_think_coming In your face tiny man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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