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what is 'this'???

> this blahblahblah pal..... i personally prefer to use my "tongue" in

oh well.... other ways! 8)

** mind you: 4 italy & rugby romance is just a matter of time **

( or so i heard :wink: )

:lol::lol:

sO...a * cUnNing LingUist then???

mind you, a woman's definition of a prefect lover is a man with a 9 inch toungue who can breath through his ears apparently...

:D

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I'm out of the game.

Lets 2 boys have their off-topic fun...

Yes, sorry about thay Green. Boys will be boys and they can't read a nice let's get back on topic notice from yours truely... :(

So I will say it again; Back on topic ...Pretty ******* please with sugar on top... :D (I like this thread)

Pig in a poke

It has the same meaning as ? kitten i saekken? (cat in a sack).

If you didn't check your poke carefully before you buy it, you would later find it didn't contain a pig.

Exp :

A 50 years old man : ?She's the one for me, we have been chatting for months now. I really want to meet her. I?m going to send her some money for visa and airplane ticket. So she could come and visit me here?

His friend : ?Don?t be silly, do you really want to buy a pig in a poke??

A 50 years old man : ?I'll take my chances.?

Next : A bitter pill to swallow

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next : "kick the bucket"

Meaning: To die ( normally unexpectedly)

Example: Man, can you believe that John kicked the bucket last night.

Next: All Guns Blazing

Everyday conduct when socially interacting which each other amongst North Americans. :twisted:

Ok, ok...being quick and/or bad tempered, forceful and argumentative, being quick at jumping to conclusions or taking a stance without knowing all the facts.

Please add or correct me if you think I was to quick on the draw. :wink:

Example: PiAnt jumped into the thread all guns blazing dishing out yellow cards left, right and centre.

Next: Spanking your Monkey

lol...good post!

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A bitter pill to swallow...

MEANING: An unpleasent act or piece of information that has to be accepted.

When Bill heard his brother banged his wife, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

NEXT: Achilles' heel

Meaning: Brad Pitt's sweaty, smelly feet...

No? Ok, how about a vulnerability in something that is otherwise flawlessly perfect. The one thing that can make something/someone fail.

Example: What made the bar fail was Ciaran's Achilles heel of gravitating around the beer pump.

Next: Have your cake and eat it too

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Have your cake and eat it too. : you want everything in your way or you want to have the best of both worlds. (unless you?re bi, then you could have the best of both worlds).

Example : You take my money and you give it away

You don't come back home 'til the break of day

Oh baby, it just won't do

You can't have your cake woman, and eat it too

Next : Bite someone's head off

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Bite someone's head off

to respond to someone in an overly angry way...

example - Dannyboy got so upset at people going off topic in the idioms thread that he bit their heads off like a rabid rottweiller in a shed full of hamsters...

Next;

All bark and no bite :lol: :wink:

Meaning: The Admin...(oh, I'm so going to regret that possibly...probably... :joker: )

Anyhoo, someone talking like a proper tough guy on an internet forum for example who likes nothing more than rip people's heads off to s**t down their necks (to cite a well known Sgt Major in the marines) but turns out be a slight-build bespectacled accountant still living with his mum who starts crying when he has to cut a daisy on his front lawn.

Someone who threatens a course of action he/she is clearly not prepared to follow through with (for all to see).

Example: *Concerned World Leaders* "Ok Kim, stop playing around with them rockets at once or we'll stop your weekly porn deliveries."

*Bespectacled Usurper* nonchalantly making a 2-finger gesture

Next: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

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Bite someone's head off

to respond to someone in an overly angry way...

example - Dannyboy got so upset at people going off topic in the idioms thread that he bit their heads off like a rabid rottweiller in a shed full of hamsters...

Next;

All bark and no bite :lol: :wink:

If I say it once it's all nicey nicey...If I'm totally ignored and I have to say it again...The tiger is released.... :cat:

BACK ON TOPIC... :D

Next: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

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I have a question about " Fine line" meaning.

I met a friend long ago, after our greeting. i was notice his forhead's line so..

Me: look at the line in your forhead

Him: My line is fine

i hear one song say" I've been in my mind, its such a fine line"

the two sentences aboved are same meaning or what?

what exactly the mean of this fine line?

I'm very poor so please advice.

Thanks,

Poor thing :)

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I have a question about " Fine line" meaning.

I met a friend long ago, after our greeting. i was notice his forhead's line so..

Me: look at the line in your forhead

Him: My line is fine

i hear one song say" I've been in my mind, its such a fine line"

the two sentences aboved are same meaning or what?

what exactly the mean of this fine line?

I'm very poor so please advice.

Thanks,

Poor thing :)

"fine line" usually refers to a narrow separation between 2 things. For example, you could say

"It's a fine line between drinking regularly and being a drunkard (kii mao)." Although on TF this particular fine line is usually ignored.

Also, I guess you mean your English is poor (mai geng), rather than you are poor (yaak jon) :wink:

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I have a question about " Fine line" meaning.

I met a friend long ago, after our greeting. i was notice his forhead's line so..

Me: look at the line in your forhead

Him: My line is fine

i hear one song say" I've been in my mind, its such a fine line"

the two sentences aboved are same meaning or what?

what exactly the mean of this fine line?

I'm very poor so please advice.

Thanks,

Poor thing :)

Many thanks krap :D:D

"fine line" usually refers to a narrow separation between 2 things. For example, you could say

"It's a fine line between drinking regularly and being a drunkard (kii mao)." Although on TF this particular fine line is usually ignored.

Also, I guess you mean your English is poor (mai geng), rather than you are poor (yaak jon) :wink:

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"He's in the dog

house."

In a situation in which someone is annoyed with you because of something you did and you will have to face some kind of punishment. Based on the idea of being punished like a dog who is forced to stay in a doghouse, away from people

Example: The president's aide is in the doghouse over remarks she made to the press.

Next: "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones"

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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones

The Newton?s 3rd law pop up into my mind when I read it ?action is equal and opposite to reaction,?

It?s like if you say/do something bad to others, they will/can/might do the same to you.

Example :

?Have you gained some weight? You look fatter then we met last time.? A Thai friend greets me at the airport.

Me- after looking at her big butt, I say ? sweetheart, you?re living in a glass house, don?t throw stones?

Next : 'It ain't over till the fat lady sings'

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