Hello Members,
I have only just joined this site and I am looking forward to getting to know as many members on here as possible.
On a recent holiday my father enlightened me with a couple of interesting statements and explained where they came from. I had not really given it much thought before, but made me think.
The example he shared was the saying: "Daylight Robbery"
I was told that this phrase evolved following an unfair taxation on windows and their sizes...
I am currently collecting as many examples as possible for a presentation I am delivering to a group of youth. In a nutshell, I am helping them appreciate the power of the web and how they can use it to source information. I will be telling them that I used the web, to source help on this subject through www.trainingzone.co.uk, so I would like as many examples as possible please. All I need is a list of the phrases, not what they mean. That's their job. I just need the statement.
I will start the process off:
- You can't have your cake and eat it
I really want around a 100 as there will be 10 groups
I look forward to seeing what you come back with!
Many Thanks
Mark Colley
9 Responses
Salty Sayings
Hi Mark
The old Navy and Print Industry are a good source of this type of material…
Heres a Navy link http://www.julianstockwin.com/Salty%20Sayings.htm
Haven’t looked for a print one but Google "mind yoir P’s and Q’s! will find one I’m sure…
A humerous contribution
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly.. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can’t have your kayak and heat it.
Cheers.
Nick
Good website
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/mind-your-ps-and-qs.html
a few for you
the bee’s knees
the dog’s B***ocks
the cat’s whiskers
give no quarter
sick as a parrot
over the moon
a game of two halves
life’s a bitch
is it ‘cos I is Black?
Crisis, what crisis?
that’s all folks
that’s another fine mess you’ve gotton me into
I’ll be back
Hasta la vista, baby
yeah, but no, but yeah
oooh you are awful
the lady’s not for turning
we are a grandmother
we are not amused
peace in our time
money is the root of all evil
lead on, MacDuff
I may be some time
the only good Injun is a dead Injun
I will return
Arriba arriba!
let them eat cake
two wrongs don’t make a right
keep calm and carry on
dig for victory
two bricks short of a load
eat humble pie
(s)he’s no oil painting
I go like a belt-fed mortar
Rus Slater
and a few more…..
flogging a dead horse
let the cat out of the bag
do bears s**t in the woods?
a can of worms
it went belly-up
it went pear shaped
it’s ship shape and Bristol fashion
You’re sailing close to the wind
let’s try a different tack
am I bovvered?
I have a dream
Ich Bin Ein Berliner
Veni Vidi Vici
all roads lead to Rome
When in Rome do as the Romans do
like herding cats
it costs and arm and a leg
….are any of these any use?
Rus Slater
A massive thanks!
A HUGE thank you to everyone that replied to my request for help…
I now have a well prepared activity and should have some fun with it.
You are all the Dogs *****cks
LOL
Famous Sayings
my favourite sayings:
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us." Charles C Noble
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristole, 384 BC –
322 BC
"How we are with anything is how we are with everything…"
— Career Development Coach for Executives http://www.jenniferbakercoach.co.uk
Famous Sayings
I recently read this statement and have made it a part of my everyday thought:
"If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten."
Deborah
USA
Deep
What gets one into trouble ain’t what we know, it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so (Mark Twain)
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not watching.
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most the time time those players aren’t willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, either unwillingness to sacrifice makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the indiviudal accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan).
well known phrases
And indeed,
is the pope a catholic ? (alongside does the bear s*** in the woods..