the a stitch in time one... no clue,Father Time said:I've undoubtedly been ninja's with these but
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Apparently Geico has no idea what the hell it means either.
Also
A stitch in time saves nine. What the hell is a stitch in time and what exactly is it saving nine of?
refer to an early post of mine.. in short flames create suit making anything that is cooked on them black, be it pot or kettle.Bernzz said:Pot calling the kettle black.
I know what it means, but...
...what if my pot isn't black?
A third wheel is generally used in situations when someone is hanging around with their friend who is trying to get some time alone with a ladyfriend they brought with them.octafish said:Who the fuck says third wheel? The saying is fifth wheel. As in a extraneous wheel that isn't doing anything.badgersprite said:Am I the only person who finds the term "third wheel" to not make any sense? Being a third wheel means being extraneous, getting in the way, and basically ruining a good time, but that analogy never rang true to me. I mean, think about it; on a tricycle, doesn't the third wheel actually make the trike stable? Aren't tricycles much steadier in comparison to bikes, and a lot harder to knock over? Don't airplanes use three wheels for landing precisely because that is the most stable arrangement?
Two wheels seem rickety and more prone to accidents. And aren't there now three wheeled boles that let you peddle while lying down? That seems way more comfortable! I WANT a third wheel. It sounds appealing.
Anyway, that's me being overly literal with a figure of speech. How about you? What common phrases make absolutely no sense to you?
Oh and for the fools who are going to bring up "To have your cake and eat it" Here is a cake just for you... You have your cake right, now give it to me... Thank you, you can have it back. Now eat it... Would you like a glass of milk?... Ok you've eaten it, now give it to me... What you can't? You've eaten it? You don't have it any more? Don't you have your cake?
I believe it's a sewing metaphor for fixing something with minimal effort rather than leaving it til later when it will become a major issue.Father Time said:A stitch in time saves nine. What the hell is a stitch in time and what exactly is it saving nine of?
I would have thought that if you really could not care less you would not care enough to say so in the first place.TheEvilCheese said:When people say they 'Could care less' and they mean to say they ''Could not care less''.
Seriously winds me up.
it's third wheeloctafish said:Who the fuck says third wheel? The saying is fifth wheel. As in a extraneous wheel that isn't doing anything.badgersprite said:Am I the only person who finds the term "third wheel" to not make any sense? Being a third wheel means being extraneous, getting in the way, and basically ruining a good time, but that analogy never rang true to me. I mean, think about it; on a tricycle, doesn't the third wheel actually make the trike stable? Aren't tricycles much steadier in comparison to bikes, and a lot harder to knock over? Don't airplanes use three wheels for landing precisely because that is the most stable arrangement?
Two wheels seem rickety and more prone to accidents. And aren't there now three wheeled boles that let you peddle while lying down? That seems way more comfortable! I WANT a third wheel. It sounds appealing.
Anyway, that's me being overly literal with a figure of speech. How about you? What common phrases make absolutely no sense to you?
Ah fair enough. I realise, looking back at my previous post that I sounded quite aggressive, however, I really didn't mean to be. Sorry about that.Drakane said:I may have missed an original post of yours, but the quoted text I saw of yours had both an explanation of 3rd wheel/5th wheel I had never heard and disagreed w/... ie what i commented on, as well as an explanation of having your cake and eating it too.. so you got lumped in w/ my response. Also, I am pretty crappy w/ forums so curtailing my quote to just you, like I wanted in this response is a bit difficult for me.
Edit: this may be seen in the fact that I pretty much double posted trying to edit my first mess up, sorry
well worms are covered in ears arn't they? well its either from a book or they have hair covering them which act as ears.Lilani said:"Cute as a bug's ear"
Even if bugs had ears, I highly doubt they'd be cute.
its an America vs. England type moment. England say couldn't care less, America say couldn't care less. here's David Mitchell to explain.TheEvilCheese said:When people say they 'Could care less' and they mean to say they ''Could not care less''.
Seriously winds me up.
Not to be pedantic, but you've referred to it as "suit" three times now. As you are probably very aware, a suit is an item of clothing, whereas the word you're looking for is "soot".Drakane said:refer to an early post of mine.. in short flames create suit making anything that is cooked on them black, be it pot or kettle.Bernzz said:Pot calling the kettle black.
I know what it means, but...
...what if my pot isn't black?