a wonderful thing about @bagofmoons is her creativity when attempting to remember common cliche aphorisms / sayings / idioms. I can never find this thread of them when I want to add to it, so I'm reposting it here with all those search terms https://twitter.com/nhojelttil/status/938606886684835840
attn @owenam @mopeymcsadsack
it splits up a few times https://twitter.com/nhojelttil/status/939004584483160066
ooh some old ones came up in the search https://twitter.com/nhojelttil/status/332315296151003136
popes are very confusing https://twitter.com/nhojelttil/status/332315403181228033
last night's entry was:
"put the worms back in the can"
this one actually makes sense and probably COULD/SHOULD be a common aphorism, but it is not
"put the worms back in the can"
this one actually makes sense and probably COULD/SHOULD be a common aphorism, but it is not
just making sure this one isn't lost https://twitter.com/bagofmoons/status/938549624121331712
just now: "It's not 'cooking with grease'? that's not an expression?"
"You gotta break an omelette if you want some eggs"
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"You have to make an omelette if you want to eat eggs?"
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"You have to make an omelette if you want to eat eggs?"
"It's a whole other kettle of worms, or whatever"
"Does the pope swim in the sea?"
"Does the pope swim with the bears??"
again, mea culpa https://twitter.com/nhojelttil/status/938607358632124417
she is still insisting that "fat ass, warm heart" is an expression that people say
"It never occurred to me that you could google expressions"