English as She is Spoke

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Solid Lifters
28. He turns as a weath turcocl.

He runs like the wind blows? He's as hard as a rock? I have no idea what the hell a weath turcocl is!
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:lol: Yeah, I'm pretty sure some are going to be uncrackable.

Sorry, Omnis, I'm going with evilgenious on that one. EDIT: Actually , yours sounds better I think now.
 
amp88
It could be similar to taking something by the scruff of the neck?
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Hum, I guess not. It's more like "Don't ever let a good chance get away".
 
29. There is not better sauce who the appetite.

There is no finer food when you're starving.

30. The pain will stop you in your tracks.
 
I'm just sitting here wondering what the people at Google would be thinking we're all searching for at the moment :lol:
 
skip0110
:lol: Yeah, I'm pretty sure some are going to be uncrackable.

Sorry, Omnis, I'm going with evilgenious on that one. EDIT: Actually , yours sounds better I think now.
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It might be his, too. I mean....we all know Grab Life by the throat/horns/whatever, but let your hair down is also a well known one.
 
DiabolicalMask
#29 means that there's nothing that makes food more delicious than your appetite.
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Solid Lifters
There is no finer food when you're starving.
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Exactly. I didn't know the saying in English. 👍

skip0110
It's in there now as grab life by the horns.
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#19 is "So many times goes the jar to the spring, that it ends up staying there".
Any equivalent saying in English for this one?
 
Omnis
It might be his, too. I mean....we all know Grab Life by the throat/horns/whatever, but let your hair down is also a well known one.
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Was the phrase "let your hair down" around in 1883?
 
DiabolicalMask
Exactly. I didn't know the saying in English. 👍


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2.The few, few will make her nest. ? Make your own bed?

2 is like that for me. I know it means "Make your own bed." But, I can't find the real saying for it. But, that sounds good enough to me.
 
34. Stoke the fire with a cat-claw? (tool fashioned from the dark ages that ceremoniously moved coals around a fire before poking/jabbing/whatevering someone with it) I'm not entirely sure how right that is though, are these supposed be actually sayings or just crap this guy made up?

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This feindish thingy!!


 
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44. He takes to it like a fish to water; ie. one who excels at something.
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I had that one, but forgot to post it. Oops. I lost track.

I had, "Like a duck in water."
 
8. He is nosey.


I don't think "gab" (meaning talk) would have brought up "beak" in any dictionary.
 
Here's an idea: Turn this into the interpretation thread! After this is done, or done satisfactorally, someone else posts something that doesn't make sense or is metaphorical, and we all try to de-bunk it or find the hidden meaning?
 
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Here's an idea: Turn this into the interpretation thread! After this is done, or done satisfactorally, someone else posts something that doesn't make sense or is metaphorical, and we all try to de-bunk it or find the hidden meaning?
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Sounds like a good idea 👍

But I have a feeling we are going to discuss the last 5-10 for a while, so you might want to make a new thread.
 
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8. He is nosey.


I don't think "gab" (meaning talk) would have brought up "beak" in any dictionary.
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Beak could be speak, or it could be nose.

I don't think "He has a good nose" means he's nosey. I think it could mean he is well informened. "He has a good nose" sounds good too, but I went with "Gift for gab."
 
Sure, but I'll wait until we get through this a little more.

I just remembered what 11's was- "A scalded cat dreads even cold water"—ie. doesn't matter what kind of water, a cat hates water. Period. You don't have to give me credit on all of these, I'm just trying to find the original/actual quote thingy.
 
46 "to fatten the foot" I'm putting in "grow fat off the land" but there might be a better fit I'm missing.
 

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