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zaq

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:22 am

"Comparing apples and oranges" makes no sense as used to mean "comparing things that are so different they can't be compared." Apples and oranges most certainly can be compared as they are both edible fruit. You can compare worldwide distribution, number of different varieties, vitamins, fiber and calorie content, flavor, fragrance, accessibility, versatility, volume of juice produced per unit weight, shelf life, ease of growing from seed and lots more.

More logical would be to say you're comparing apples to bicycles, cholent to checkers, or muffins to mountain bikes.

Any other senseless cliches you can think of?

keym

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:24 am

There's more than one way to skin a cat.
First of all, ewww.
Second of all, the only way to skin a cat is to remove the skin. What on earth does it mean

Einikel

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:25 am

Speaking of cats, the cat was out of the bag who puts cats in bags anyways?

sequoia

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:27 am

Avoid like the plague Wink

zaq

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:28 am

sequoia wrote:

Avoid like the plague Wink

Why do you feel that makes no sense? It's one of the most sensible cliches in the world.

Einikel

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 11:35 am

Penny for your thoughts

ExtraCredit

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 12:12 pm

Under the weather.
How did you get under it? Maybe those who stand under the husband can help me understand.

imasoftov

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 1:56 pm

Einikel wrote:

Penny for your thoughts

I've been able to find out that the first time that appeared in print was around 1500, but I haven't been able to figure out how much a Tudor silver penny is worth today, the weight varied, and even if I settled on a figure, how much could you buy with that much silver at the time? So I'm going to guess that Tolkien had some sort of idea and when he had a pony in bad shape worth four silver pennies, or thirty of them being a lot of money for a well-off innkeeper but a bargain price for five good ponies, they were worth quite a lot more than today's 1p coin.

Mrs. XYZ

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 1:59 pm

zaq wrote:

Why do you feel that makes no sense? It's one of the most sensible cliches in the world.

She probably meant to imply that today certain communities are not trying too hard to avoid the plague.

Fave

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:03 pm

Sleeps like a baby...

Babies don’t have the best sleep patterns.

Fave

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:04 pm

Easy as a pie....

Pie Making is not for beginners

batya315

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:07 pm

Einikel wrote:

Speaking of cats, the cat was out of the bag who puts cats in bags anyways?

Or... raining cats and dogs... really?

And cat got your tongue. How did it get it? By force or did you relinquish it?

batya315

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:12 pm

By the skin of your teeth. Whose teeth have skin?

zaq

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:16 pm

Mrs. XYZ wrote:

She probably meant to imply that today certain communities are not trying too hard to avoid the plague.

Ah. Too true.
BTW I heard there was a breakout of bubonic plague in the US. I guess no one is hysterical because, unlike COVID, it can be treated with antibiotics

corolla

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:29 pm

Giving a cold shoulder.
My favorite one

I used to think it meant to turn your shoulder to someone, I.e. shut them out. It's actually referring to wives who literally left their husbands a "cold shoulder" of meat when they got home way past dinnertime.

Einikel

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:31 pm

Having a cow

preciousmommy

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:35 pm

batya315 wrote:

Or... raining cats and dogs... really?

And cat got your tongue. How did it get it? By force or did you relinquish it?

This one I heard an answer to, but I don't know if it's accurate.

Houses used to have thatched roofs, where cats and dogs would hang out. When it rained heavily, these animals would be falling off the roofs.

zaq

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:43 pm

preciousmommy wrote:

Squirrels, probably; rats and mice, unquestionably; cats hunting the mice, possibly. but dogs? unlikely. And when it rained, the critters would be more likely to burrow into the thatch than slide off the roof.

MiriFr

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:44 pm

batya315 wrote:

By the skin of your teeth. Whose teeth have skin?

Oooo oooo I know this one! It’s from Sefer Iyov

Einikel

Thu, Oct 15 2020, 2:44 pm

Tickled pink

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