Idiom needed :)

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Idiom needed :)

spinney

I just thought of something that is pretty much what Ninon 100 was looking for:

throw one 嚙編 toys out of the pram.

Would that cover it?

5 Feb 2018

ldthemagicman

"He should Make Hay while the Sun shines on the Unrighteous alike!"

Les Douglas

5 Feb 2018

ldthemagicman

"He shouldn 嚙緣 throw out his Toys with the Bathwater!"

Les Douglas

5 Feb 2018

ldthemagicman

"More than Half of all Americans understand Fractions perfectly, and the other 75% aren 嚙緣 sure either!"

Les Douglas

5 Feb 2018

spinney

Thank you Les! I nearly choked on my cuppa when I saw "He should throw his toys out with the bathwater."

Actually, you could have a lot of fun mixing and matching idioms.

@ Lynne: A common one with me and the Mrs is "Whatever wiggles your wongle." Sounds kind of rude and innocent all at once.

6 Feb 2018

redcamarocruiser

I found an idiom similar to the one involving a baby: "It doesn 嚙緣 matter what the kid plays with as long as he doesn 嚙緣 cry."

http://masterrussian.com/proverbs/russian_proverbs_14.htm

To me, replacing the baby with an older child changes the meaning of the idiom. When a baby cries, it is a form of comunication which a parent has to respond to. When a kid cries, it can be urgent sometimes, but usually it is an expression of frustration, disappointment, tantrum, etc. which the parent can sometimes ignore as a tactic in order to get the child to develop independent coping skills.

So, "It doesn 嚙緣 matter what the kid plays with as long as he doesn 嚙緣 cry." seems similar to "Children should be seen but not heard."

Applying that to a husband entrepreneur seems to express that the wife does not condone the husband 嚙編 activities, but she also does not want to be bothered by them.

6 Feb 2018

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