Re: Phrases and their meaning

by ramiejamie Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:46 pm

Cheers Admin Thumbs Up

Some of them are interesting aren't they?

by ramiejamie Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:38 pm

“By hook or by crook”.
This roughly translates as ‘by any means necessary’.

by ramiejamie Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:30 pm

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” - a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune.
Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable.

by ramiejamie Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:11 pm

“Looks like we butchered a pig but nobody wanted bacon”.

Sheldon of the Big Bang theory said that, “Well then as my meemaw would say looks like we butchered a pig, but nobody wanted bacon.”
“Looks like I was worried for nothing” or “It was a waste of time”.

by ramiejamie Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:45 pm

“Vent your spleen” - express one's anger.
Origin: The spleen is an organ in the body near the stomach.
In European medicine from the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century, the spleen was thought to be the source of the "humours" that caused the emotion of anger.
Therefore one could expel anger by "venting the spleen".

by ramiejamie Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:33 pm

Some Latin phrases that we use commonly and their meaning :-

Pro bono - For the good, often referring to work done without charge.

Status quo - The current situation.

Ad infinitum - To infinity; without limit.

Mea culpa - My guilt, a formal acknowledgement of personal fault or error.

Persona non grata - An unwelcome person.

by ramiejamie Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:14 pm

Some French phrases that we use commonly and their meaning :-

C’est la vie - That’s life.

Faux pas - False step, a violation of accepted social norms.

Je ne sais quoi - (I don't know what), a quality that cannot be described or named easily.

A la carte - On the menu, i.e., individually priced items from a menu in a restaurant.

Coup de grace - Final blow or deathblow intended to end suffering.

by **Admin** Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:22 pm

cul-de-sac....a street or passage that is closed at one end.
bon chance......good luck

and....Begorrah (suitable for today) .an expression of surprise or emphasis, sometimes used to suggest that someone sounds Irish. lol!

by ramiejamie Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:20 pm

Some French phrases that we use commonly and their meaning :-

RSVP - Répondez s’il vous plaît, a phrase often used at the end of invitations, meaning “reply if you please”

Bon voyage - Have a good journey.

Vis-à-vis - In relation to.

Carte blanche - Unrestricted power to act at one’s discretion.

Billet-doux - refers to a love letter.

by ramiejamie Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:25 pm

“He who laughs last laughs longest”.
An idiom saying said to emphasize that the person who has control of a situation in the end is most successful, even if other people had seemed originally to have an advantage.

by **Admin** Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:27 pm

One of my most favourite sayings, Ray................... Thumbs Up

by Naughty Mitten Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:04 pm

Manners maketh man, a saying well before Windows 11 made the saying obsolete

by ramiejamie Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:00 pm

“Grasp the nettle” - to deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.

by ramiejamie Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:35 pm

“Here’s a pretty kettle of fish” - a bad state of affairs or a real mess.

by ramiejamie Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:14 pm

“To take the bull by the horns” – to approach or confront a problem or difficult situation directly and with clear confident action.

by ramiejamie Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:48 pm

“Pot-valor” , loosely based on Latin - boldness or courage resulting from alcoholic drink.

by **Admin** Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:09 pm

Gerrymander.

Something to change the size and borders of an area for voting in order to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.

by ramiejamie Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:30 pm

Nice on Admin, I knew it was something political but didn't know its meaning.

by **Admin** Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:13 pm

The phrase "Jack the Lad" is British slang for a "flashy, cocksure young man".

The phrase may have its origins in a traditional British song called "Jack's the Lad", but the first recorded use of 'Jack the Lad' was in the 1969 film Performance..... lol!

by ramiejamie Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:17 pm

"An unstoppable force meeting an immoveable object" - a situation that can never happen.

by **Admin** Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:11 pm

Except in Baltimore....................... Shocked

by **Admin** Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:13 pm

Two shakes of a lamb's tail.

Something that can be done in “two shakes of a lamb's tail” can be done very quickly:

by **Admin** Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:19 pm

To be “three sheets to the wind” is to be drunk.

The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control.

Get Me Coat

by ramiejamie Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:59 pm

Nice one Admin Thumbs Up

I always thought it meant a bit silly or stupid, but that is a much better and more plausible meaning.

by **Admin** Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:00 pm

That's it, Ray...Not that I would know anything about it.................... Thumbs Up

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