bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
Arts said:
bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
time flies
spills the beans
kicks the bucket
all your eggs in one basket
ace up your sleeve
silver spoon in mouth
heart on sleeve
cat by the tail
Arts said:
bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell
sarahs mum said:
Arts said:
bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
time flies
spills the beans
kicks the bucket
all your eggs in one basket
ace up your sleeve
silver spoon in mouth
heart on sleeve
he has an ear worm
is it a red herring?
Arts said:
Arts said:
bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell
8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
Arts said:
Arts said:
Arts said:
bit of fun.. I have a number of them… but can we come up with 27?
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
keeping cards close to his chest
Arts said:
Arts said:
Arts said:1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
Arts said:
Arts said:
Arts said:8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
16. screwed in the head
17. piece of cake
18. rags to riches
19. best foot forward
jumping at shadows?
(trying to figure why the shadow is of a woman shape)
I just googled red sock. I wish I hadn’t.
cherry on the cake
screw loose
also cat by the tail.
cherry on the top of the cake.
apparently ‘half a nut’ is a thing.
that’s probably the walnut.
I can’t even work out what the top left image is.
Arts said:
Arts said:
Arts said:13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
16. screwed in the head
17. piece of cake
18. rags to riches
19. best foot forward
I have 16 as “he has a screw loose”.
Arts said:
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell
8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
16. screwed in the head
17. piece of cake
18. rags to riches
19. best foot forward
I have 16 as “he has a screw loose”.
4. or “birds on the brain”, nah.
20. no room to swing a cat
21. by his coat tails
22. run ragged
23. bare foot (or foot loose)
24. on a silver platter
25. tied up in knots
I can’t figure out the shadow thing, I’m thinking “he isn’t a shadow of his former self” but that isn’t right. And what is the cheese for? I don’t think it’s “cut the cheese”.
mollwollfumble said:
Arts said:
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell
8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
16. screwed in the head
17. piece of cake
18. rags to riches
19. best foot forward
I have 16 as “he has a screw loose”.
4. or “birds on the brain”, nah.20. no room to swing a cat
21. by his coat tails
22. run ragged
23. bare foot (or foot loose)
24. on a silver platter
25. tied up in knotsI can’t figure out the shadow thing, I’m thinking “he isn’t a shadow of his former self” but that isn’t right. And what is the cheese for? I don’t think it’s “cut the cheese”.
> 6. shadow of your former self
Oops, you already have that.
26. Like swiss cheese
What’s the shadow doing? Broken egg, walking on eggshells. From rags to riches.
mollwollfumble said:
mollwollfumble said:Arts said:
1. born with silver spoon in mouth
2. red herring
3. cat’s got your tongue
4. bird brain / birds eye view
5. ace up the sleeve
6. shadow of your former self
7. in a nutshell
8. time flies
9. spills the beans
10.kicks the bucket
11. all your eggs in one basket
12. heart on sleeve
13. ear worm
14. cards close to your chest
15. Joker in every pack
16. screwed in the head
17. piece of cake
18. rags to riches
19. best foot forward
I have 16 as “he has a screw loose”.
4. or “birds on the brain”, nah.20. no room to swing a cat
21. by his coat tails
22. run ragged
23. bare foot (or foot loose)
24. on a silver platter
25. tied up in knotsI can’t figure out the shadow thing, I’m thinking “he isn’t a shadow of his former self” but that isn’t right. And what is the cheese for? I don’t think it’s “cut the cheese”.
> 6. shadow of your former self
Oops, you already have that.
26. Like swiss cheese
What’s the shadow doing? Broken egg, walking on eggshells. From rags to riches.
Holy Mackerel!!! (Swiss Cheese/Fish)
The object in the upper left corner is the top half of the walnut “In a nutshell”(?)
…and I see the ‘Piece of Cake” , “with a cherry on top”
but I can’t make out the 3 tiny objects the shadow is holding or indicating.
I see the ‘Piece of Cake” , “with a cherry on top”
> but I can’t make out the 3 tiny objects the shadow is holding or indicating.
I had to zoom in for that. The left and right are two haoves of a broken eggshell and the centre is the yolk and white.
So it’s either part of “don’t carry all your eggs in one basket” or something else.
It doesn’t seem to be “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” or “walking on eggshells”, so my great powers of deduction seem to have failed there.
mollwollfumble said:
> but I can’t make out the 3 tiny objects the shadow is holding or indicating.I had to zoom in for that. The left and right are two haoves of a broken eggshell and the centre is the yolk and white.
So it’s either part of “don’t carry all your eggs in one basket” or something else.
It doesn’t seem to be “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” or “walking on eggshells”, so my great powers of deduction seem to have failed there.
Ah! perhaps that solves the mystery of the female like shadow
who “can’t make an omlet without breaking a few eggs”
oops
mist that you’d come to ….and discounted..that same conclusion
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
> but I can’t make out the 3 tiny objects the shadow is holding or indicating.I had to zoom in for that. The left and right are two haoves of a broken eggshell and the centre is the yolk and white.
So it’s either part of “don’t carry all your eggs in one basket” or something else.
It doesn’t seem to be “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” or “walking on eggshells”, so my great powers of deduction seem to have failed there.
Ah! perhaps that solves the mystery of the female like shadow
who “can’t make an omlet without breaking a few eggs”
I interpret the shadow as a younger version of the person
Arts said:
Ogmog said:
mollwollfumble said:
> but I can’t make out the 3 tiny objects the shadow is holding or indicating.I had to zoom in for that. The left and right are two haoves of a broken eggshell and the centre is the yolk and white.
So it’s either part of “don’t carry all your eggs in one basket” or something else.
It doesn’t seem to be “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” or “walking on eggshells”, so my great powers of deduction seem to have failed there.
Ah! perhaps that solves the mystery of the female like shadow
who “can’t make an omlet without breaking a few eggs”
I interpret the shadow as a younger version of the person
A shadow of his former self?
party_pants said:
Arts said:
Ogmog said:Ah! perhaps that solves the mystery of the female like shadow
who “can’t make an omlet without breaking a few eggs”
I interpret the shadow as a younger version of the person
A shadow of his former self?
Yes. That’s why I suggested it.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:I interpret the shadow as a younger version of the person
A shadow of his former self?
Yes. That’s why I suggested it.
I suppose I should go back and read the thread from where I left off last night instead of just leaping in…
27 Shadow play
mollwollfumble said:
4. or “birds on the brain”, nah.
Cock head.
Hi can i suggest:
23 Bare foot might be “Getting cold feet”
20 no room to swing a cat might be “Hold the cat by the tail”
Also i see the following:
To crow about something
At the end of my tether
Be a patch on
fsm said:
mollwollfumble said:
4. or “birds on the brain”, nah.
Cock head.
Lol. I was wondering if it was a pigeon.
huey said:
Hi can i suggest:
23 Bare foot might be “Getting cold feet”
20 no room to swing a cat might be “Hold the cat by the tail”Also i see the following:
To crow about something
At the end of my tether
Be a patch on
I suggest you should read barefoot in the head, by Brian Aldiss?
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
AwesomeO said:
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs
AwesomeO said:
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
What’s with the guy trapped inside the black ball slightly right of bottom foreground?
roughbarked said:
AwesomeO said:
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
What’s with the guy trapped inside the black ball slightly right of bottom foreground?
According to the later wiki ref To have to stoop to get on in the world(fr)(nl)
AwesomeO said:
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
And this just in:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/13/thieves-steal-3m-painting-by-brueghel-the-younger
I like this bit:
_ including installing alarm and surveillance systems and hiring volunteers to keep watch._
Hiring volunteers?
AwesomeO said:
roughbarked said:
AwesomeO said:
Looks like this is inspired by a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#/media/File%3APieter_Brueghel_the_Elder_-_The_Dutch_Proverbs_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
What’s with the guy trapped inside the black ball slightly right of bottom foreground?
According to the later wiki ref To have to stoop to get on in the world(fr)(nl)
Ta. :)
> 20 “no room to swing a cat” might be “Hold the cat by the tail”
Both are in there.
PS. I’ve never hear of “hold a cat by the tail”, only “have a tiger by the tail”, probably initially by Kipling.
Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?
mollwollfumble said:
> 20 “no room to swing a cat” might be “Hold the cat by the tail”Both are in there.
PS. I’ve never hear of “hold a cat by the tail”, only “have a tiger by the tail”, probably initially by Kipling.
Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?
Any cat is going to be a similar proposition. Some slightly lesser than others but nonetheless scratchy.
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
> 20 “no room to swing a cat” might be “Hold the cat by the tail”Both are in there.
PS. I’ve never hear of “hold a cat by the tail”, only “have a tiger by the tail”, probably initially by Kipling.
Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?Any cat is going to be a similar proposition. Some slightly lesser than others but nonetheless scratchy.
taking the cat by the tail.
mollwollfumble said:
Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?
In my line of work i often hear have/hold a/the cat by the tail when in root cause analysis of a system outage we find the evidence of a techo having circumvented approved procedure.
huey said:
mollwollfumble said:Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?
In my line of work i often hear have/hold a/the cat by the tail when in root cause analysis of a system outage we find the evidence of a techo having circumvented approved procedure.
Have you ever had a room you could swing it in, anyway?
roughbarked said:
huey said:
mollwollfumble said:Why do you all think “hold a cat by the tail” is a figure of speech?
In my line of work i often hear have/hold a/the cat by the tail when in root cause analysis of a system outage we find the evidence of a techo having circumvented approved procedure.
Have you ever had a room you could swing it in, anyway?
Yes. Hold on, I have my cat right here. Yes, the room this computer is in is big enough to swing a cat. I checked.
You know the original was to swing a cat-o-nine-tails on the deck of a ship, right?
28. On golden wings.
29. Get knotted.
