Idioms

[Ernie]

This is thread to discuss idioms and their meanings.

Feel free to add humor and puns.

[Ernie]

Shoot From the Hip
"to speak or react impulsively or recklessly without thinking"

What other idioms or expressions could be used instead of Shoot From the Hip?

[RZehr]

Shoot From the Hip
"to speak or react impulsively or recklessly without thinking"

What other idioms or expressions could be used instead of Shoot From the Hip?

I like “Ready, Fire, Aim!”.

[MaxPC]

Shoot from the lip
Speak in haste, repent at leisure.

[barnhart]

Slick as snot on a brass door knob (works well or extremely slippery)
Ugly as a mud fence (unattractive but functional)
Ugly as homemade sin (even uglier than a mud fence)
Handy like a pocket on a shirt (industrious, clever or convenient)
Crooked as a dog's hind leg (untrustworthy or not straight)
Tight as Dick's hat band (stingy)
Quick as greased lightning (very fast)
Like water off a duck's back (criticism that doesn't stick)
Grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars (showy, overly enthusiastic)

[Grace]

-Kill two birds with one stone. (being resourceful)
-It is raining cats and dogs. (raining like crazy)
-No skin off my back. (no harm done)
-Walk on eggshells. (being careful around certain sensitive people)
-Bite the bullet. (take a chance)
-Break a leg. ( get it done)
-Beat around the bush. (not answering questions directly, but going down a bunny trail)
-Stick to your guns. (stick to your principals)
-Elephant in the room. (evading a glaring issue)
-Catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. ( on using a sweet tone to persuade someone)
-Beating a dead horse.... (LOL something that happens her on Mennonet at times, when discussing politics)
-When your ship comes in. ( Had a friend whose family really struggled financially. Her Dad said his ship never came in because it was the Titanic.)

[steve-in-kville]

You're about as useful as teats on a bullfrog.

(that's an image that won't go away )

[Falco Knotwise]

— slicker ‘n a pig in the mud! (kids hard to keep an eye on.)
— nuttier than a fruitcake.
— don’t care if it hair lips granny. (don’t care who it offends.)

[steve-in-kville]

When someone asks you "do you have a minute" typically means they want to talk in private.

Abnother: "New shoes always feel good." In plain circles it means someone changed churches, typically a step more progressive, and everything is great to them.... for a while.

[Bootstrap]

I'm going to catch a bus.