Silicon Investor - IDIOMS

[goldworldnet] That Ship Has Sailed -- An opportunity lost. ...

goldworldnet — 1/12/2020 5:47:34 PM

That Ship Has Sailed -- An opportunity lost.

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[goldworldnet] Split or Choose... It is always better to choose than to split when dividing a ...

goldworldnet — 12/2/2019 4:12:03 PM

Split or Choose...

It is always better to choose than to split when dividing a portion.

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[goldworldnet] Toy Money... Obviously given to the financial cost of non-essential pursuits and...

goldworldnet — 11/30/2019 3:32:19 PM

Toy Money... Obviously given to the financial cost of non-essential pursuits and hobbies.

Toy Money can be a big deal -- Josh :)

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[goldworldnet] Off the chain. [graphic] ...

goldworldnet — 11/18/2019 12:08:04 PM

Off the chain.

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[goldworldnet] Mad as a hatter. en.wikipedia.org ...

goldworldnet — 11/10/2019 9:41:10 AM

Mad as a hatter.

en.wikipedia.org

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[goldworldnet] Red pill and blue pill en.wikipedia.org ...

goldworldnet — 11/8/2019 8:08:56 PM

Red pill and blue pill

en.wikipedia.org

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[goldworldnet] Bite the bullet en.wikipedia.org ...

goldworldnet — 11/8/2019 8:04:25 PM

Bite the bullet

en.wikipedia.org

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[Shoot1st] or [graphic]

Shoot1st — 11/7/2019 5:00:33 PM

[Shoot1st] go Dutch phrase of Dutch INFORMAL share the cost of something, especially a me...

Shoot1st — 11/7/2019 4:54:13 PM

go Dutch

phrase of Dutch

INFORMAL
share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally.

[DMaA] Your topic is part of a larger linguistics study. Phraseology In linguistics, ...

DMaA — 11/7/2019 3:08:27 PM

Your topic is part of a larger linguistics study.

Phraseology

In linguistics, phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions, such as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-word lexical units (often collectively referred to as phrasemes), in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than or otherwise not predictable from the sum of their meanings when used independently. For example, ‘Dutch auction’ is composed of the words Dutch ‘of or pertaining to the Netherlands’ and auction ‘a public sale in which goods are sold to the highest bidder’, but its meaning is not ‘a sale in the Netherlands where goods are sold to the highest bidder’. Instead, the phrase has a conventionalized meaning referring to any auction where, instead of rising, the prices fall.

(I never heard of a Dutch Auction before)

[DMaA] I've been red pilled. Fascinating how important that one has become in a short ...

DMaA — 11/7/2019 11:25:49 AM

I've been red pilled.

Fascinating how important that one has become in a short time.

[Stan] Well then, they should have sung "Cheep at half the price." Okay, seriou...

Stan — 11/7/2019 9:37:54 AM

Well then, they should have sung "Cheep at half the price." <ggg>

Okay, seriously, thanks for the article.

[goldworldnet] "Cheap at half the price" is original, but a dated expression. [graphic] yourd...

goldworldnet — 11/7/2019 1:23:10 AM

"Cheap at half the price" is original, but a dated expression.

yourdictionary.com

I didn't know this either.

Best -- Josh :)

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[Stan] There is a line in Oliver! that baffles me when Oliver has been taken by the ric...

Stan — 11/7/2019 12:46:28 AM

There is a line in Oliver! that baffles me when Oliver has been taken by the rich man to his upper class townhouse. Oliver, who's gone from rags to riches overnight, literally, comes out on the balcony after getting up on his first day there.

It's a brilliant early morning. He looks down with wonder at vendors below who form a growing dancing/singing routine. He begins to sing "Who will buy?" It's a beautiful song, but the sentence I've underlined that the vendors sing doesn't make sense. It takes a little (only a little really) away from the song for me.

Who will buy this wonderful morning?
Such a sky you never did see!
Who will tie it up with a ribbon
And put it in a box for me?

They'll never be a day so sunny
It could not happen twice
Where is the man with all the money?
It's cheap at half the price!

Who will buy this wonderful feeling?
I'm so high I swear I could fly
Me, oh my! I don't want to lose it
So what am I to do
To keep a sky so blue?
There must be someone who will buy...

I get it that it's an idiom, but it seems misplaced because of course, anything is cheap[er] at half the price. But the vendors are reflecting Oliver's sense of joy and wonder, so if they're going to use the idiom at all, IMO it should be reworded to "cheap at twice the price."

[Stan] Because TP was already taken?

Stan — 11/7/2019 12:02:57 AM

[goldworldnet] Jack Frost nipping at your nose. ...

goldworldnet — 11/6/2019 11:35:43 AM

Jack Frost nipping at your nose.

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[DMaA] More of a simile than an idiom but nice writing anyway: Writing about the weath...

DMaA — 11/5/2019 9:14:23 AM

More of a simile than an idiom but nice writing anyway:

Writing about the weather yesterday,

Later it rained, and there were snowflakes, but the sun came out and it rained some more. It’s like winter went live a day before they got the bugs out of the code.

[Shoot1st] and if it walks like a duck......

Shoot1st — 11/3/2019 11:28:28 AM

[goldworldnet] Like a duck to water. ...

goldworldnet — 11/3/2019 10:57:30 AM

Like a duck to water.

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[goldworldnet] Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. ...

goldworldnet — 11/2/2019 9:54:25 AM

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

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[SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)] TV is called Telly in Britain.

SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) — 11/2/2019 12:31:51 AM

[DMaA] Here's a question. Everyone called Television TV. Nobody every called a Tele...

DMaA — 11/2/2019 12:18:13 AM

Here's a question.

Everyone called Television TV.

Nobody every called a Telephone a TP.

Why?

[Shoot1st] A 2fer Elvis has left the building..... and the screen door didn't hit him on...

Shoot1st — 11/1/2019 4:13:03 PM

A 2fer

Elvis has left the building.....

and the screen door didn't hit him on the ass.....

Shootie

[Shoot1st] As I blindly wondered.....I stumbled here..... seemingly fortuitous. I remain ...

Shoot1st — 11/1/2019 3:23:07 PM

As I blindly wondered.....I stumbled here.....

seemingly fortuitous.

I remain humble in my action here as one never knows...what one knows......

youtube.com

Shootie

[goldworldnet] If you can't float your boat, it will sink. I'm doing my best to help a homele...

goldworldnet — 11/1/2019 2:33:09 PM

If you can't float your boat, it will sink.

I'm doing my best to help a homeless friend.

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[DMaA] Getting cold feet - both an idiom AND a reality for me for the next 5 months.

DMaA — 11/1/2019 2:26:47 PM

[goldworldnet] * * * This thread is now for idioms. * * *

goldworldnet — 11/1/2019 2:24:36 PM

[Neeka] Cottonwoods make for really lousy firewood. A neighbor said if you let them cure...

Neeka — 7/21/2019 5:15:08 PM

Cottonwoods make for really lousy firewood. A neighbor said if you let them cure for 3-4 yrs they burn just fine. Not trying it. We have monsters all along our rivers here.

[Neeka] One of my favorite trees.

Neeka — 7/21/2019 5:12:25 PM

[Carolyn] Wow! A beauty. Who rakes the leaves?

Carolyn — 7/21/2019 3:36:20 PM

[DMaA] Maybe for today we should call this cool woods. There is an amazing cottonwood ...

DMaA — 7/21/2019 3:24:48 PM

Maybe for today we should call this cool woods.

There is an amazing cottonwood specimen across the street from me. 60 feet tall? Take 4 people to put their arms around it at the butt.

Across the street is this amazing oak tree. Would take 3 people to put their arms around it. Must be close to 200 years old.

[Carolyn] Yes, because they are out in the fields! I am allergic to the snow which makes b...

Carolyn — 7/21/2019 2:55:01 PM

Yes, because they are out in the fields! I am allergic to the snow which makes being outdoors miserable.
Driving across Kansas and Nebraska, one can always tell if a river is nearby - even a creek.

[Ken Adams] The wild cottonwoods will always find nearby water to secure their spreading see...

Ken Adams — 7/21/2019 2:25:53 PM

The wild cottonwoods will always find nearby water to secure their spreading seeds. They can produce a literal "snow" storm of drifting cotton clumps, covering everything for hundreds of yards in every direction from a single tree. Such a nuisance many cities and communities have made it illegal to plant the variety that is prone to snowing. Some kind of sterilization (??) for the nursery sold trees. Not sure how that's done.
The wild ones, out in the open fields along waterways are truly beautiful as mature trees.

[Carolyn] Cottonwoods, the bane of my existence in the spring but they certainly hold the ...

Carolyn — 7/21/2019 2:20:03 PM

Cottonwoods, the bane of my existence in the spring but they certainly hold the riverbanks in the Midwest.

[DMaA] Poppal or poplar. The cotton wood seeds can get pretty annoying at times too.

DMaA — 7/21/2019 2:17:33 PM

[Ken Adams] Poplar trees where I grew up. Same family as the cottonwood. Grow fast, tall a...

Ken Adams — 7/21/2019 2:10:40 PM

Poplar trees where I grew up. Same family as the cottonwood. Grow fast, tall and short lived by tree standards. The cottonwood is a great, fast shade producer. Unfortunately, it dies at some 30-50 feet in height and great width if left un-pruned, at about the same number of years. Then they become an expensive removal from a once beautiful yard. Experience here....

[DMaA] It's also what we call aspens up here. Popple tree.

DMaA — 7/21/2019 12:48:30 PM

[Neeka] Word of the day: Popple to move in a tumbling, irregular manner, as boiling wa...

Neeka — 7/21/2019 11:53:52 AM

Word of the day:

Popple

to move in a tumbling, irregular manner, as boiling water.

dictionary.com

[Stan] Penultimate: It's a word that's not all that uncommon, but it's often used with ...

Stan — 4/18/2019 9:33:08 PM

Penultimate: It's a word that's not all that uncommon, but it's often used with the wrong meaning, like "absolute greatest" or something like that.

Its meaning is "next to the last" because "ultimate" means "last in a series."

[SmoothSail] Halitoxic.

SmoothSail — 4/10/2019 4:45:39 AM

[goldworldnet] Yeshua, Jesus, Joshua translation. en.wikipedia.org. No pretension here. ...

goldworldnet — 3/31/2019 6:09:25 PM

Yeshua, Jesus, Joshua translation.

en.wikipedia.org.

No pretension here.

My faults are numerous.

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[Ken Adams] That probably explains why Hannity calls him "Bozo" O'Rourke.

Ken Adams — 3/16/2019 11:13:26 AM

[DMaA] Hypocorism A hypocorism is a diminutive form of a name. Hypocorisms include pet...

DMaA — 3/16/2019 11:07:13 AM

Hypocorism

A hypocorism is a diminutive form of a name. Hypocorisms include pet names or calling names, often a diminutive or augmentative form of a word or given name when used as a nickname or term of endearment.

Hat Tip to carranza2 for using it to explain Beto's nickname.

[DMaA] Ausonia - the ancient Greek name for lower Italy, extended poetically to all Ita...

DMaA — 3/4/2019 9:38:05 PM

Ausonia - the ancient Greek name for lower Italy, extended poetically to all Italy

[DMaA] Fantod: 1. a: a state of irritability and tension b: Fidgets. 2: an emo...

DMaA — 3/4/2019 9:09:30 PM

Fantod:
1. a: a state of irritability and tension
b: Fidgets.

2: an emotional outburst.

[Tom Clarke] loquacious and bodacious, often used in the same sentence by the immortal Walt C...

Tom Clarke — 2/21/2019 6:37:01 PM

loquacious and bodacious, often used in the same sentence by the immortal Walt Clyde Frazier when calling Knicks games.

[Tom Clarke] hackles >>Mel Brooks actually pinpointed “k” as the comedy catch-all in Melvin ...

Tom Clarke — 2/16/2019 9:26:02 AM

hackles

>>Mel Brooks actually pinpointed “k” as the comedy catch-all in Melvin Helitzer’s book Comedy Writing Secrets. “Instead of saying ‘salmon’, ‘turkey’ is a funnier sound,” he says. He is also said to have called the “k” sound the funniest sound in the English language.

newscientist.com

[DMaA] Tasseography - fancy word for reading tea leaves. en.wikipedia.org

DMaA — 2/15/2019 4:53:30 PM

[Tom Clarke] One can act, or take action. Can one proact?

Tom Clarke — 2/12/2019 6:15:09 PM

[Tom Clarke] Parent as a verb.

Tom Clarke — 2/12/2019 6:13:15 PM