#idioms — Public Fediverse posts

Marketing Meeting

What if not enough people want to buy the product?
We’ll make that horse drink when we come to it.
Joe, you know that’s not going to work. You can’t make a horse drink.
No, YOU can’t make a horse drink. But you’ve never been close enough to a horse for that to be counted against you.
“Joe, it’s impossible, that’s why the saying is you can lead a horse to water. but you CAN’T make him drink.”
That sounds like quitter talk and I don’t appreciate it. Mondays are for Marketing Mania. Get in the spirit, champ.

Shirakawa more commonly refers to the bustling area of Gion, once filled with inns and tea houses.

"Shirakawa yofune" (白川夜船) is used to call out someone for their boast or bluff, or to describe someone talking on a topic they have no knowledge of.
#idioms #Japan #Kyoto #京都

Shirakawa more commonly refers to the bustling area of Gion, once filled with inns and tea houses.

"Shirakawa yofune" (白川夜船) is used to call out someone for their boast or bluff, or to describe someone talking on a topic they have no knowledge of.
#idioms #Japan #Kyoto #京都

Shirakawa more commonly refers to the bustling area of Gion, once filled with inns and tea houses.

"Shirakawa yofune" (白川夜船) is used to call out someone for their boast or bluff, or to describe someone talking on a topic they have no knowledge of.
#idioms #Japan #Kyoto #京都

Shirakawa more commonly refers to the bustling area of Gion, once filled with inns and tea houses.

"Shirakawa yofune" (白川夜船) is used to call out someone for their boast or bluff, or to describe someone talking on a topic they have no knowledge of.
#idioms #Japan #Kyoto #京都

Shirakawa more commonly refers to the bustling area of Gion, once filled with inns and tea houses.

"Shirakawa yofune" (白川夜船) is used to call out someone for their boast or bluff, or to describe someone talking on a topic they have no knowledge of.
#idioms #Japan #Kyoto #京都

3) 堂々巡り📿

"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.

#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms

3) 堂々巡り📿

"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.

#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms

3) 堂々巡り📿

"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.

#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms

3) 堂々巡り📿

"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.

#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms

3) 堂々巡り📿

"Circling the temple hall" is similar to the English phrase "Going around in circles". It is yet another idiom born at Kiyomizu-dera.
Pilgrims would circle the main hall, often many hundreds of times, as an act of faith.

#Kiyomizudera #清水寺 #idioms

The little illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits on the cover highlight some incredibly specific cultural perspectives:

"To seize the moon by the teeth" (French): Trying to do the absolute impossible.

"Thighs shaped like banana trees" (Bengali): Explicitly noted as a traditional compliment to an attractive woman.

"A fly on the nose" (Italian): Having a massive chip on one's shoulder.

#idioms

The little illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits on the cover highlight some incredibly specific cultural perspectives:

"To seize the moon by the teeth" (French): Trying to do the absolute impossible.

"Thighs shaped like banana trees" (Bengali): Explicitly noted as a traditional compliment to an attractive woman.

"A fly on the nose" (Italian): Having a massive chip on one's shoulder.

#idioms

The little illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits on the cover highlight some incredibly specific cultural perspectives:

"To seize the moon by the teeth" (French): Trying to do the absolute impossible.

"Thighs shaped like banana trees" (Bengali): Explicitly noted as a traditional compliment to an attractive woman.

"A fly on the nose" (Italian): Having a massive chip on one's shoulder.

#idioms

The little illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits on the cover highlight some incredibly specific cultural perspectives:

"To seize the moon by the teeth" (French): Trying to do the absolute impossible.

"Thighs shaped like banana trees" (Bengali): Explicitly noted as a traditional compliment to an attractive woman.

"A fly on the nose" (Italian): Having a massive chip on one's shoulder.

#idioms

The little illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits on the cover highlight some incredibly specific cultural perspectives:

"To seize the moon by the teeth" (French): Trying to do the absolute impossible.

"Thighs shaped like banana trees" (Bengali): Explicitly noted as a traditional compliment to an attractive woman.

"A fly on the nose" (Italian): Having a massive chip on one's shoulder.

#idioms

See also:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World by Jag Bhalla, 2009

"I’m not hanging noodles from your ear," (вешать лапшу на уши). In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#humour
#AltText
#AltText

See also:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World by Jag Bhalla, 2009

"I’m not hanging noodles from your ear," (вешать лапшу на уши). In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#humour
#AltText
#AltText

See also:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World by Jag Bhalla, 2009

"I’m not hanging noodles from your ear," (вешать лапшу на уши). In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#humour
#AltText
#AltText

See also:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World by Jag Bhalla, 2009

"I’m not hanging noodles from your ear," (вешать лапшу на уши). In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#humour
#AltText
#AltText

See also:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World by Jag Bhalla, 2009

"I’m not hanging noodles from your ear," (вешать лапшу на уши). In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you’re Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I’m not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#humour
#AltText
#AltText

The Wheel Is Spinning but the Hamster Is Dead by Adam Sharp, 2023

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense.

Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German) On with the butter! (Icelandic) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#proverbs
#AltText

The Wheel Is Spinning but the Hamster Is Dead by Adam Sharp, 2023

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense.

Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German) On with the butter! (Icelandic) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#proverbs
#AltText

The Wheel Is Spinning but the Hamster Is Dead by Adam Sharp, 2023

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense.

Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German) On with the butter! (Icelandic) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#proverbs
#AltText

The Wheel Is Spinning but the Hamster Is Dead by Adam Sharp, 2023

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense.

Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German) On with the butter! (Icelandic) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#proverbs
#AltText

The Wheel Is Spinning but the Hamster Is Dead by Adam Sharp, 2023

Join wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense.

Let's get this show on the road! Or: Let's saddle the chickens! (German) On with the butter! (Icelandic) Forward with the goat! (Dutch)

#books
#nonfiction
#language
#idioms
#proverbs
#AltText

Maybe Romulus shouldn't have halved the city's workforce with a shovel, smh

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2111423/maybe-romulus-shouldn-t-have-halved-the-city-s-workforce-with-a-shovel-smh

Maybe Romulus shouldn't have halved the city's workforce with a shovel, smh

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2111423/maybe-romulus-shouldn-t-have-halved-the-city-s-workforce-with-a-shovel-smh

Maybe Romulus shouldn't have halved the city's workforce with a shovel, smh

Maybe Romulus shouldn't have halved the city's workforce with a shovel, smh

Maybe Romulus shouldn't have halved the city's workforce with a shovel, smh

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rp-emotions-that-dont-exist-in-english

BTW, I love a good idiom.

**Do you have a favorite idiom?
**Does your language/country have idioms?

Some of my favorite idioms:

Get down to brass tacks.
Hold your horses.
A dime a dozen.
Raining cats and dogs.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Waste not want not.

#idioms #random
#sayings

BTW, I love a good idiom.

**Do you have a favorite idiom?
**Does your language/country have idioms?

Some of my favorite idioms:

Get down to brass tacks.
Hold your horses.
A dime a dozen.
Raining cats and dogs.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Waste not want not.

#idioms #random
#sayings

BTW, I love a good idiom.

**Do you have a favorite idiom?
**Does your language/country have idioms?

Some of my favorite idioms:

Get down to brass tacks.
Hold your horses.
A dime a dozen.
Raining cats and dogs.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Waste not want not.

#idioms #random
#sayings

BTW, I love a good idiom.

**Do you have a favorite idiom?
**Does your language/country have idioms?

Some of my favorite idioms:

Get down to brass tacks.
Hold your horses.
A dime a dozen.
Raining cats and dogs.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Waste not want not.

#idioms #random
#sayings

BTW, I love a good idiom.

**Do you have a favorite idiom?
**Does your language/country have idioms?

Some of my favorite idioms:

Get down to brass tacks.
Hold your horses.
A dime a dozen.
Raining cats and dogs.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Waste not want not.

#idioms #random
#sayings

If your feet hurt, they say your dogs are barking. Tonight it's my ankles. My ankles hurt, so what do they say?

My snakes are biting?
My geese are snapping?

I'm at a loss. Is there be an ankle animal?

#sayings
#idioms
#random

If your feet hurt, they say your dogs are barking. Tonight it's my ankles. My ankles hurt, so what do they say?

My snakes are biting?
My geese are snapping?

I'm at a loss. Is there an ankle animal?

#sayings
#idioms
#random

If your feet hurt, they say your dogs are barking. Tonight it's my ankles. My ankles hurt, so what do they say?

My snakes are biting?
My geese are snapping?

I'm at a loss. Is there an ankle animal?

#sayings
#idioms
#random

If your feet hurt, they say your dogs are barking. Tonight it's my ankles. My ankles hurt, so what do they say?

My snakes are biting?
My geese are snapping?

I'm at a loss. Is there an ankle animal?

#sayings
#idioms
#random

If your feet hurt, they say your dogs are barking. Tonight it's my ankles. My ankles hurt, so what do they say?

My snakes are biting?
My geese are snapping?

I'm at a loss. Is there an ankle animal?

#sayings
#idioms
#random

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0417/1568809-odonovan-protests/

I wrote about the expression in 2012: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/making-a-hames-of-it/

#language #IrishEnglish #dialect #idioms #phrases #words #blogpost

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0417/1568809-odonovan-protests/

I wrote about the expression in 2012: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/making-a-hames-of-it/

#language #IrishEnglish #dialect #idioms #phrases #words #blogpost

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0417/1568809-odonovan-protests/

I wrote about the expression in 2012: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/making-a-hames-of-it/

#language #IrishEnglish #dialect #idioms #phrases #words #blogpost

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0417/1568809-odonovan-protests/

I wrote about the expression in 2012: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/making-a-hames-of-it/

#language #IrishEnglish #dialect #idioms #phrases #words #blogpost

Fun to see the Irish idiom "make a hames of" in a national news headline: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0417/1568809-odonovan-protests/

I wrote about the expression in 2012: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/making-a-hames-of-it/

#language #IrishEnglish #dialect #idioms #phrases #words #blogpost