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What famous phrases don't you get?
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post Aug 12 2006, 07:13 PM
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i didn't ever understand
"break a leg"
that isn't really a "phrase"
it's an idiom, but i never understood it

^ Oh, I know the answer to this one. Actor's believed that wishing others good luck before they performed was bad luck. So instead, they said negatives.
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 07:17 PM
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"A diamond is forever." blink.gif
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 07:19 PM
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"when in rome.."
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i don't have a clue on what that means.
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 07:20 PM
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QUOTE(n00b @ Aug 12 2006, 12:11 AM) *
i didn't ever understand
"break a leg"
that isn't really a "phrase"
it's an idiom, but i never understood it



lol, totally get where ur comin from but its a superstition...kind of like a jinks type thing. People thought if u said that then they wouldnt break a leg...lol. dont ask me how i know that but i bet you anything im right! thumbsup.gif
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 08:44 PM
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QUOTE(Julietary @ Aug 12 2006, 8:17 PM) *
"A diamond is forever." blink.gif
Me niether. _unsure.gif
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 11:55 PM
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"Bettah getcho big uh."
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Big what? Big booty? Big eyes? Big WHAT?
 
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post Aug 12 2006, 11:59 PM
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QUOTE(Julietary @ Aug 12 2006, 8:17 PM) *
"A diamond is forever." blink.gif

I don't understand that either...i hate fanous phrases stubborn.gif
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:05 AM
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People say "A diamond is forever" because diamonds don't get scratched, mold, or anything like that. It can't break down. Everything in the world could...animals die, food molds, something harder than a certain material could be broken down it...but not diamonds.

Some quotes that are explained are very interesting...I like learning these kind of things.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:19 AM
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I dont understand some Old English.
Thats about it.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:24 AM
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QUOTE(crazeegirl411 @ Aug 12 2006, 10:05 PM) *
People say "A diamond is forever" because diamonds don't get scratched, mold, or anything like that. It can't break down. Everything in the world could...animals die, food molds, something harder than a certain material could be broken down it...but not diamonds.


Oh I get it now.. thanks. _smile.gif
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:35 AM
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Don't know if it's right, but I never understood "An eye for an eye will leave the world blind."

.. Or something like that. blink.gif
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:49 AM
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QUOTE(coldricesux426 @ Aug 12 2006, 10:35 PM) *
Don't know if it's right, but I never understood "An eye for an eye will leave the world blind."

.. Or something like that. blink.gif

You know the "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth?"
Telling you not to seek revenge or everyone would end up getting hurt over it.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:52 AM
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^Also, if everyone were to seek revenge like that, everyone's eyes would be out ebcause we've all done something bad to someone else one time or another.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:54 AM
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QUOTE(coldricesux426 @ Aug 13 2006, 1:35 AM) *
Don't know if it's right, but I never understood "An eye for an eye will leave the world blind."

.. Or something like that. blink.gif


Well, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth', you know what that means, right? Well, if everybody was trying to get revenge that way, then nobody would have 'teeth' anymore because they were all taken away as revenge. I think that's just a way of making the quote sound negative.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 01:01 AM
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QUOTE(x_lilvietdreamer_x @ Aug 12 2006, 7:19 PM) *
"when in rome.."
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i don't have a clue on what that means.


You may understand better if you read the complete sentence version: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Simply, try to blend in with the people around you by doing as they do (or saying what they say). The saying can normally be understood with just "when in Rome".
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 02:04 AM
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There is one im not 100% sure about..

"I think therefore I exist"
Im pretty sure that it means that since we are conscious we are sure we are real. I guess its a postule for life, or something like that.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 11:36 AM
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^ I've never heard that one before. huh.gif
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:16 PM
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QUOTE(BigPappaSmurf @ Aug 13 2006, 12:04 AM) *
There is one im not 100% sure about..

"I think therefore I exist"
Im pretty sure that it means that since we are conscious we are sure we are real. I guess its a postule for life, or something like that.


When I saw that in my fren's shirt I got confused...
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE(soEXCLUSIVE @ Aug 13 2006, 1:54 AM) *
Well, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth', you know what that means, right? Well, if everybody was trying to get revenge that way, then nobody would have 'teeth' anymore because they were all taken away as revenge. I think that's just a way of making the quote sound negative.


That's not entirely true. That quote comes from Mesopotamia (I think Old Babylon, but I could be wrong). It's the "eye for an eye" law. For instance - if someone beat you up, they would cut off his hand, or something like that.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 12:51 PM
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"Some people might agree that 'cellar door' is the most beautiful phrase in the english language"

that quote was by JRR Tolkien and I never fully understood it..
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 01:21 PM
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"When in Rome.."

& The whole thing about the birds & the bees. Well I mean, I KNOW what it's about, but like, it doesn't make sense, still.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 01:23 PM
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Your the apple of my eye.


I always got that all is fair in love and war thing..
I don't get the apple of my eye though. I suppose I could if I really wanted to think about it, but I don't.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(Yemmerz @ Aug 12 2006, 1:44 AM) *
Mmm its a religious reference. Eve went for the fruit she couldn't have, which was an apple. So the phrase refers to something you can't have but desire.



And I don't understand the "When in Rome" thing at all.
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE(BigPappaSmurf @ Aug 13 2006, 3:04 AM) *
There is one im not 100% sure about..

"I think therefore I exist"
Im pretty sure that it means that since we are conscious we are sure we are real. I guess its a postule for life, or something like that.

It's actually a mistranslation. Descartes' phrase was originally written in French, and translated into Latin as "Cogito ergo sum." What he really intended to say, though, was simply, "I am, I exist."
 
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post Aug 13 2006, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Aug 11 2006, 9:30 PM) *
OLD ENGLISH.

OMFG, I HATE OLD ENGLISH. I DONT GET SHIT.


SERIOUSLY DUDE.
how could the people bad then talk like that!? sad.gif
 
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