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Thunder Comedian Username: Thunder Post Number: 1248 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 64.119.242.5 Rating: N/A |
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Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2812 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
nerchukodani iskool key ellanavasaram ledu bacha..jeevitam chaduvu  | ||
Kosthabidda Side Hero Username: Kosthabidda Post Number: 2927 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 61.14.7.138 Rating: N/A |
iskool lo inka nerchukuntunnava vunkul | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2733 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.72 Rating: N/A |
balayya type aa | ||
Thunder Comedian Username: Thunder Post Number: 1184 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 64.119.242.5 Rating: N/A |
aa vishayam lo full strong | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2727 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 146.18.173.73 Rating: N/A |
inkemanna eekaa | ||
Thunder Comedian Username: Thunder Post Number: 1178 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 64.119.242.5 Rating: N/A |
oho alana, yemi anukoku plz nenu inglishu koosintha eeku | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2710 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
samethalu | ||
Thunder Comedian Username: Thunder Post Number: 1166 Registered: 05-2007 Posted From: 64.119.242.5 Rating: N/A |
Idiom ante yendi vayya  | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2553 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Who Let The Cat Out Of The Bag The origins of this phrase come from when farmers would sell chickens at market. Most of the time they would just throw the chickens in a bag and sell them as however many were supposidly in there. But cats were cheaper than chickens so many times farmers would put a cat into the bag with the chickens and if someone suspected something they would open the bag. At that point the cat would jump out of the bag, thus giving away the secret. This from a website visitor: Eventually the duped customers would open their burlap bags revealing the cats and thus "letting the cat out of the bag". This expression is often used when the real truth has been revealed. | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2552 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Tell A Friend Submit an Idiom Straight From The Horse's Mouth This also is a misquote of a Biblical passage. In the book of Numbers, God speaks to the prophet Balaam through a donkey; the phrase "straight from the donkey's mouth" has now become the phrase "straight from the horse's mouth". The phrase is used to indicate that something is definitely true, or heard firsthand; for example, "Yeah, it happened to Mark! I heard it straight from the horse's mouth!" Numbers 22:28 states: "And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam..." | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2551 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Tell A Friend Submit an Idiom Spare The Rod, Spoil the Child This was a common phrase in the previous century, and still exists today. It refers to the practice of spanking your children in discipline; the phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child" means that if you don't punish your children when they do wrong, you'll spoil them. This comes from a Biblical proverb (Prov 13:24): "He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently." | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2550 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Nothing is certain but death and taxes Coined by Ben Franklin in 1789 'In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.', Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2549 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Like a chicken with its head cut off Meaning in a frenzied manner. Poultry twitch and sometimes run around after decapitation. When poultry is decapitated, they begin to twitch and may sometimes begin to run around, that is how this idiom which means 'in a frenzy' comes from. | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2548 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Live By The Sword, Die By The Sword When Judas had betrayed Jesus and a crowd came up to arrest Him, the Apostle Peter drew a sword and attacked one of the guards. Mt 26:52 records, "Jesus said to him, 'Put your sword back in its place, for all those who take up the sword perish by the sword." | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2547 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Knock Someone Down A Peg This originates from the days of prohibition in the US. A peg was a measurement of alcohol and the saying has something to do with drinking games. Presumeably it was respectable to down more pegs and someone who was very proud or boasted would need knocking down a peg or two. 'Strike while the iron is hot'. When people used to steel they would have their hands cut off. Heating the blade first (often made of iron) meant that the heat would quarterise the wound so that it would heal faster and not bleed. It had to be red hot to quarterise and no time could be spared, hence | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2546 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Hit The Nail on the Head To precisely define the conclusion of an argument or discussion. From the old practice of stricking a 'nail' when agreeing a sail between traders. The nail was a stone or post standing nearly waist high and two or three feet in diameter, the parties to the deal would place the money they were offering on the 'nail', and when the deal was agreed it was hit by both parties | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2545 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Tell A Friend Submit an Idiom Getting Down To Brass Tacks "Getting down to brass tacks" means getting serious. Years ago millinery stores had brass tacks set in their counters every 6 inches. Tailors would come in and look over the fabric picking up bolts that they liked, but they weren’t serious until they "got down to brass tacks" and measured out the amount they needed and intenede to purchase. | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2544 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Submit an Idiom Get out of the wrong side of bed Meaning to be in a bad mood, it is considered unlucky to put your left foot on the floor first when getting out of bed. | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2543 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Eat Drink and Be Merry This phrase originates from the Bible (Luke 12:19), where Jesus is telling a parable. The parable is about a man who stores up food for years to come and then tells himself: "Soul, you have many goods laid up for years to come; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry." This is often used as a positive phrase nowadays ("Let's eat, drink, and be merry!"), but in the parable God then refers to the man as a "fool", because his life ended that very day. The point was that whom had he stored up all of this stuff for, because he "can't take it with him." | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2542 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Tell A Friend Submit an Idiom Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth When given something don't be ungrateful. By counting the teeth you can tell the age of a horse. Checking whether a present of a horse was old would be considered impolite | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2541 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Caught With Your Pants Down This idiom means while you were peeing or pooping someone walked in and caught you doing it. | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2540 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
A Leopard Can't Change His Spots When people state that they can't change who they are--their nature--they sometimes use the phrase "A leopard can't change his spots" (it's used in much the same way as "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"). The phrase about leopards is descended from the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?" (Jer 13:23) | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2539 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Tell A Friend Submit an Idiom A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand This term's origin comes from the bible (Matthew 12:25). 'And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand' | ||
Goonda Side Hero Username: Goonda Post Number: 2538 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 75.66.181.73 Rating: N/A |
Submit an Idiom A Picture Paints a Thousand Words This term which means a story told by pictures as well as a vast amount of descriptive text comes from the quotation 'One picture is worth ten thousand words', Frederick R. Barnard in Printer's Ink, 8 Dec 1921 retelling a Chinese proverb |