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Alaskagal

Friday, April 05, 2002 - 06:03 pm Click here to edit this post
I think that's what they are called. I am sure there was a folder for these already, but couldn't find it. We have a gal at work that is great for these and we need some to shock her with. Some examples:

"Dropping the kids at the pool" - which means you have are pooping
"Few beers short of a six pak" - meaning your not the smartest.

Flint

Friday, April 05, 2002 - 07:00 pm Click here to edit this post
They are called idioms. We actually teach the more common, and non-insulting ones to students at least once a month. :)

"time flies"
"caught with your hand in the cookie jar"
"hit the nail on the head"

things like that.

Sia

Friday, April 05, 2002 - 08:50 pm Click here to edit this post
My husband uses a good description when talking about one of his cousins: "Well, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer."

Flint

Friday, April 05, 2002 - 09:54 pm Click here to edit this post
I like "a few slices short of a full loaf" which is suspiciously like the 6 pack one. :)

Sia

Friday, April 05, 2002 - 10:00 pm Click here to edit this post
How about "a few fries short of a Happy Meal"?

Sage

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 01:53 am Click here to edit this post
Or, "a half bubble off plumb".

Another: "Whatever floats your boat".

Fruitbat

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 06:03 am Click here to edit this post
It's chalk and cheese. It makes so much more sense than saying, It's apples and oranges. The latter seems a logical to me rather than the 180% comparison for which it is used.

Littlebreeze

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 06:04 am Click here to edit this post
My parents always used this idiom for someone who was drunk..... "three sheets to the wind".

Sia

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 09:05 am Click here to edit this post
My Grams always asks her great-grandchildren if they are "as hungry as two bears," which is what she always said when telling us that her beloved beagle, Ernie, was needing a snack.

Urgrace

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 02:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Heard this one about an idiot and nearly fell off my chair laughing: He doesn't know s*it from applebutter

<hope this doesn't offend anyone>

Flint

Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 03:35 pm Click here to edit this post
When someone ticks you off you can always say:

That jars my grandmothers preserves

or

That frosts my cookies.

Mssilhouette

Sunday, April 07, 2002 - 01:34 pm Click here to edit this post
For bathroom functions I now use:
"Water the lawn" OR "Fertilize the lawn"

I just heard this last night that made me laugh.
"He puts the "U" in IQ"

Alaskagal

Sunday, April 07, 2002 - 02:31 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL These are great guys I love it. MORE MORE

Ketchuplover

Sunday, April 07, 2002 - 04:19 pm Click here to edit this post
He/she is so dense their ears touch :)