Words or phrases you love (British, quote)

[LilyMae521]

Originally Posted by king john IV

thanks
LilyMae521...
here is another:
"Algebra, this is no place for you."

Had to look this one up also.. good one.

So today I like the word stunod, which is Italian slang for a not too bright person.

Bezook is another word I have always liked.. Dutch for a little, friendly visit, IIRC. I may not be spelling it correctly.

[Tantalust]

Trade Winds.


It just sounds. . . comforting.


(Italics show which direction they're going)

[Tantalust]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work".

-Thomas Edison

[king john IV]

"Ick, the Puppy Dog"

said by our 5-year-old neice (at the time)
when we were in the "cement pond" with our dog.

[gentlearts]

Screwed the pooch.

[steiconi]

That was certainly a design choice that someone had made.

In reference to something the speaker doesn't like.

[LilyMae521]

Today I like this old idiom-

Time to pay the piper. ;-)

[chiluvr1228]

When I lived in N.C. I heard this one: "Just because the cat climbed in the oven and had kittens, don't make them biscuits".

[hickoryfan]

“Is that right!”

[blobtastic]

It ain't over till it's over.