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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 3 Mar

I was on the bus today and a Mom got on with two girls of about 5 and 7. The girls were entertaining each other with chat etc. Then they started a game where they breathed on the window and drew something and the other one had to...

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What phrase or saying really gets your goat !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 1 Mar

Hope you like what I did with the title there ! The one saying that bugs me is ….. ‘ it is what it is ‘ Firstly, of course it is Secondly, if you don’t like it, change it …… What sayings do you not like or bug you ?

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What’s the best piece of advice you have ever been given ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 3 Feb

A thought provoking question today ….. Is it deep or light hearted ….. Could be either depending on your point of view……. Remember …… Never eat yellow snow ….. Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves...

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Does anyone still say "Put the big light on " ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11252) • United Kingdom 30 Oct

I do still say this although it confuses the younger generation.... We have wall lights , on the... Well, the wall ! Then we have a bigger light coming from the ceiling. So when we say Put the lights on ... We mean the wall...

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The Late Pope Francis

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 26 Jul

I followed the principles that the Late Pope preached. His bold statements about life and living no doubt amazed me but I found a lot of truth in it I am not relgious but do things that make me spiritual. One of Pope's saying...

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Three Kinds of People

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 15 Jul

I remember a long time ago I was told by someone, although I forget who, that there are three kinds of people in the world. There are those who wait for things to happen. [i]There are those who make things...

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There's No "I" in Team

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 12 Jul

Sometimes people can really turn something on its head, but in a very real and funny way. Take the phrase we so often say with great confidence when someone is not wanting to be a team player. "You know, there's no "I" in team,"...

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Cats' pyjamas, ants' pants and bees' knees

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jun

The photo is of the alpacas at the B&B where we stayed last Saturday. Nothing to do with the discussion although alpacas always look like they’re wearing pyjamas. There are often discussions here about various sayings and how...

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Sayings about the seasons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 8 May 25

I came across these sayings about the seasons and thought I’d share them. I certainly don’t believe all of them but some I’ve heard before. Summer If it rains on a full moon, it’s going to be a wet month. Spider webs in the...

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Turn your pennies twice

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb 25

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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When an old man dies ...

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb 25

We went to my BIL’s (brother-in-law’s) yesterday. My SIL was there too. Two older brothers died within a day of each other and we needed to put a death notice in the local newspaper. The SIL (we call her the matriarch) had an...

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Tomorrow is the busiest day of the week

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan 25

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It was taken at the dog cemetery near Corrigin in Western Australia. I spoke about a German saying about making an elephant out of a mouse. We have a free paper here called Have A Go...

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Making an elephant out of a mouse

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan 25

The photo is Vince’s of the mountains in Nepal. We have remained friends with several of the people we hosted when we were in couch-surfing. One of them now lives not far from us. She is a FIFO worker (fly in, fly out) and rents...

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Are you 'sailing in the same boat' as someone?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec 24

I’ve often written about some of the more unusual sayings in the English language and how it must be difficult for non-native speakers to understand some of them. In a comment a few days back, myLotter and friend Trebor Ika...

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Watch your step or you might tread on someone's toes

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Sep 24

The photo has nothing to do with the discussion. It’s a native orchid. I wrote about two Australian supermarket chains being taken to task for shonky/dishonest/devious practices as regards their pricing. In my responses to...

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Are we really that old?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Sep 24

The photo has nothing to do with the text. I like the dead bits poking out the top of the tree. Vince had an operation last Friday and has been on very strong pain-killers. As is so often the case, this has caused constipation...

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By Hook or by Crook

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jun 24

Our son in Ireland attended a conference in Waterford, Ireland and told us that he'd been past Hook Lighthouse on a boat tour. The tour guide told them that the lighthouse is the world’s oldest operational lighthouse although...

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Hot tongue and cold shoulder

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 22 May 24

I don’t want to sound condescending, but I’ve been caught a few times assuming people in other countries know a phrase or saying that is familiar to me, only to find out it’s not known in their country. So how about going home...

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I'll go to the foot of the stairs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Apr 24

We had lunch yesterday with three other couples. We’ve all been friends for years. One is English but has been in Australia for many years. However, he came out with an expression we’d never heard before when he said ‘I’ll go to...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 8 Mar 24

I think we all have sayings or phrases we like or that fit our personalities. We use them often to make a statement or to get a rise out of certain people. For me, mine is "Life's too short." I believe it is much too short to get...

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