OT: Idioms

[AmeriConn]

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Hold your horses

Burning the midnight oil

Close, but no cigar

A red headed step child

Once bitten, twice shy

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

Easy come, easy go
In for a penny, in for a pound
A hair's breadth
Better late than never

 

[MooseJaw]

Hair of the dog
better safe than sorry

 

[Bigboote]

As sharp as the leading edge of a basketball

Useless as (teats) on a boar hog

One cat short of crazy

 

[jcoton56]

An exercise in fertility

 

[Brewski]

An exercise in fertility

Futility?

 

[jcoton56]

Futility?

If you prefer

 

[CL82]

Killed two birds with one stone
Change of heart
Cold feet

 

[CL82]

If you prefer

Because an exercise in fertility seems like it would be anything but futile.

 

[dcdon]

The whole nine yards.

 

[Bigboote]

An exercise in fertility

The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

 

[DennieEddy]

Can't dance, too wet to plow!

 

[Kaizen]

Common,
You know,
Really?
My Gods,

 

[azfan]

All hat and no cattle.

Example

The million dollar coach in Phoenix is all hat and no cattle

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

slime ball
easy peasy
dirt bag
tough as nails
sharp as a tack

 

[Hoops66]

You can't win 'em all. (except at UConn)
You said a mouthful.
Waste of breath.
Square peg in a round hole.
Moral victory.

 

[geordi]

The wheel is still spinning, but the hamster is dead!

 

[Hoops66]

With flying colors.
Follow your nose.
At first blush.
Lean and hungry look.
Chance of a snowball in hell.

 

[AmeriConn]

Like two peas in a pod

Make hay while the sun shines

Bite the bullet

Call it a day

Beat around the bush

 

[huskeynut]

Colder than a witch's teet
It's a 3 dog night
What goes around, comes around

 

[Monte]

It is what it is!

 

[dcdon]

I was born at night, but not last night.

 

[twiceahusky]

- Cold enough to freeze the balls off of a monkey (great Naval expression - can never get my son to say it in class).

- can’t hold a candle to him (not good enough to be his apprentice)

- can of corn (great baseball saying, great backstory)

- the heat of the dog will melt the cheese

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[Storrsbred]

Beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Does a chicken have lips
Is the Pope Catholic
Never overestimate the intelligence of your opponent
Never spit into the wind
Never p**s into the wind
Does a bear ---- in the woods