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Funny Sayings ...
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Yolandaprieto
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Sorry about the spelling mistake "mouth" |
13 Dec 2010
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Stellam
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Ha Ha! Anna!  That �s exactly the same saying! And how would you translate it into English? Maybe : "Don �t be misled by appearances: no piggie nose is an electrical socket".
What do you think?
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13 Dec 2010
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Zora
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LOOLOL Stella - In English, it would be... "Don�t mistake a pig�s snout for a light socket!
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13 Dec 2010
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Stellam
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Hi @Zora! We were posting at the same time.
That �s a great translation. Thank you! 
Stella
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13 Dec 2010
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ueslteacher
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WOW! Impressive Here are my "five copecks": about leaving an open door do you live in a bus/trolleybus? Here �s the one from my teens if you �re watching TV and someone would stand between you and the screen you would say is your dad a glass maker? (I hope you won �t find it too rude) 2 AnnaP: I could relate to that, but my mom would say that the cooker was the face of the mistress/hostess (not sure which one to use) of the house, so it should be kept clean Sophia |
13 Dec 2010
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edrodmedina
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@ uelsteacher Five kopeks??? But last week you gave me 6. (sorry my line from Fiddler on the Roof when I was in Middle School). |
13 Dec 2010
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edrodmedina
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These are all funny sayings for those that aren �t too bright. Not the sharpest tool in the shed..The lights on but nobody �s home. A sandwich short of a picnic. A can short of a six pack. As sharp as a bowling ball. The elevator doesn �t go all the way to the top. |
13 Dec 2010
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Zora
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How about... "If it were anymore obvious, it would jump out and say "boo! �"...
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13 Dec 2010
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chrissmolder
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What a fun thread! Because it �s the holiday season this has reminded me of this from �A Christmas Carol �:
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt
whatever about that. The register of his burial was
signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker,
and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and
Scrooge�s name was good upon �Change, for anything he
chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Mind! I don�t mean to say that I know, of my
own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about
a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to
regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery
in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors
is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands
shall not disturb it, or the Country�s done for. You
will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that
Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
I love it.
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13 Dec 2010
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Kate (kkcat)
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Wow, thank you so much for sharing those interesting and funny sayings!!
Here is what we say here if you leave the door open �were you born in an elevator? �
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13 Dec 2010
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