#idiomland

[idiomland]

Hello! Our idiom of the day is “Pushing up daisies,” which means “to be dead.“⠀ This expression, alluding to flowers growing over a grave, was first recorded about 1918, in one of Wilfred Owen's poems about World War I. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[genvieve-of-the-wood]

Well, I Declare-That Ole Orange Varmint Has Forced Me to Use the Biggest Southern Idioms !

Well, bless your heart

and your

head

big and full as a tick.

You are some kinda

prize at the fair,

I reckon.

But, Law-

how you do pitch

a hissy fit!

Hollerin’

and complainin’

about election results,

now.

You get up every morning

thinking the sun shines

right out of your

ass,

and when someone points out

it don’t

all you do is carry on

and raise Cain,

making a public spectacle

and gathering more sheep

to that creek rising,

craving to hear them proclaim

“Aren’t you precious!”

You are truly

a flim flam man,

selling your snake oil sideshow

and your high falutin’ fakery

to those who think

your oiliness

is next to godliness.

You yell about fraud

and if that ain’t

the pot calling the kettle black,

I sure as hell don’t know what is.

What you know wouldn’t

amount to a hill of beans.

We all voted you out

because we wouldn’t spit

on you if you were

on fire.

(And Y’all need to

stop satisfying this foolish man’s

insatiable

hankering for attention.)

You showed your true character

and as Memaw would say

“such an ugly man!”

Now, go on!

Git!

Hush your mouth!

Takin your own sweet time,

about that, I see.

Must be those britches

you’ve grown too big for.

A Dawdlin’ Donnie.

Well, I guess

like a true Southerner

would say

in all cordial sincerity -

I’ll pray for you.

@genvieve-of-the-wood December 3, 2020

*My relatives and I do not use our idioms in this wasteful and gluttonous way. I’ve lost most of my accent except for either I become super angry and caught off guard or gathering with relatives. Also, there are differences in Appalachian slang( where most of my folks come from)Alabama and Louisiana slang, Texas, Atlanta versus Georgia slang, etc. Sometimes Southerners misunderstand each other in conversation. And in case you haven’t noticed, we are all most definitely NOT supporters of the Orange Mussolini wannabe cult.

[lost-ends-found]

genius is often polished insanity

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[idiomland]

Hi guys!  Our idiom of the day is “Put a sock in it,“ which means an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet.⠀ This is a colloquial British phrase that originated in the early 20th century. It is generally used when someone is being so noisy as to annoy others. The imagery behind the phrases is that putting a sock in whatever was causing the noise would quieten it down. What that thing was isn't known. There are suggestions that this may have been the horn of an early gramophone or, more straightforwardly, the raucous person's mouth. You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hello guys! Our idiom of the day is ”Put your foot in your mouth”, which means “to say something inappropriate.”⠀ The phrase, which dates from the 1870s, is probably a reference to foot-and-mouth disease, a deadly virus found in cattle. The name of the disease was then applied metaphorically to refer to humans whose verbal utterances got them in trouble. In addition to the expression "put one's foot in one's mouth," other variations of the phrase include "every time he opens his mouth, he puts his foot in it" and "to put one's foot in it." You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

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Hello!  Our idiom of the day is “Put all your eggs in one basket,” which means “to put all your efforts or all your resources into one plan or one course of action.” ⠀ This proverb, first recorded in 1710, has largely replaced the much older “trust all one's goods to one ship.” You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Hi guys!  Our idiom of the day is ”Make no bones about something,” which means “to say clearly what you think or feel about something.” The expression comes from fifteenth century England. If someone wanted to show that they were dissatisfied with something, they would find bones in it - a reference to finding bones in soup, which was not a pleasant discovery! Therefore, finding bones was bad, and no bones was good. If you found no bones, you were able to enjoy the meal with no objections! You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms

[idiomland]

Can’t wait for a video example? Our idiom of the day is “Pushing up daisies,” which means “to be dead.“ Usage in a movie (“The Pink Panther”):⠀ - You were acquainted with Yves Gluant? - I'm glad he's pushing up daisies. - He is not pushing up daisies! He is dead! - It's an idiom. - You, sir, are the idiom! You need example sentences with pronunciation? Try our app for learning English idioms - click the link onelink.to/zhdnr2 Special offer! Get 40% off our idiom dictionary and other dictionaries! Coupon code: 40OFF (use at checkout) - https://learzing.com/idioms