What famous phrases don't you get? |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
 Aug 11 2006, 11:26 PM
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For me, I never got how "All's fair in love and war" made sense.
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Aug 11 2006, 11:30 PM
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OLD ENGLISH.
OMFG, I HATE OLD ENGLISH. I DONT GET SHIT. |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Aug 11 2006, 11:32 PM
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^ I agree.
Ith!?!?!? |
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Aug 12 2006, 12:05 AM
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hahaha omg. that's from the suite life of zack and cody
 lols. i don't get it either... x__x |
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Aug 12 2006, 12:07 AM
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 rissa. Group: Member Posts: 621 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 436,690 |
QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Aug 12 2006, 2:30 PM)  OLD ENGLISH. OMFG, I HATE OLD ENGLISH. I DONT GET SHIT.  I don't get it either. Do you mean as in ... falling.... or... nvm. ... I don't get it!!
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Aug 12 2006, 12:07 AM
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"You're the apple of my eye."
Eyes have apples? What? |
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| *Libertie* |
Aug 12 2006, 12:09 AM
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^I never understood that either.
Also, "I'll be there with bells on!" |
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Aug 12 2006, 12:11 AM
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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 |
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Aug 12 2006, 12:11 AM
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"Come with me if you want to live"
-Arnold Schwarzenegger. it doesn`t quite fit nowadays. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Aug 12 2006, 01:18 AM
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QUOTE(yrrnotelekktric @ Aug 12 2006, 1:11 AM) "Come with me if you want to live" -Arnold Schwarzenegger. it doesn`t quite fit nowadays. HAHAHA. Mehh. I never understood the "Mirror, mirror" line. 
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| *T0rmented_Soul* |
Aug 12 2006, 01:22 AM
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"to be or not to be, that is the question"
...que? huh? lol I don't get this quote either..Ive heard it many times |
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Aug 12 2006, 01:35 AM
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QUOTE(n00b @ Aug 11 2006, 10:11 PM) i didn't ever understand "break a leg" that isn't really a "phrase" it's an idiom, but i never understood it Because it's bad luck to say good luck, so you tell them to break their leg because that would be bad so somehow, they do good ... Yeah. I never understood the "You're the apple of my eye either", but I think it's explained in the movie/book or wherever it came from. What's old english from ?
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Aug 12 2006, 01:39 AM
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when they're like THE ALARM WENT OFF
it really went ON. i mean i know you set the alarm on but it really went on because it made a noise. and in tennis when there's a backhand but there's no fronthand?! i mean, why is it called forehand. that's like forefinger so how come there's no backfinger?!?! |
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Aug 12 2006, 01:41 AM
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QUOTE(Cake. @ Aug 11 2006, 11:39 PM) when they're like THE ALARM WENT OFF it really went ON. i mean i know you set the alarm on but it really went on because it made a noise. and in tennis when there's a backhand but there's no fronthand?! i mean, why is it called forehand. that's like forefinger so how come there's no backfinger?!?! Yeah I always wondered why they said the alarm's going off, or the sprinklers are going off or anything. It's always annoyed me and I used to argue about it when I was little. |
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Aug 12 2006, 03:19 AM
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Well, if you're turning the alarm on or setting the sprinklers on...then the other choice for when they ring or spray water is off, right? I don't know, actually. But it kinda makes sense.
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| *T0rmented_Soul* |
Aug 12 2006, 03:23 AM
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QUOTE(Krisaweanie @ Aug 11 2006, 11:23 PM) ^ i guess it would make more sense if you read hamlet. Ive read it and seen the movie....what am I suppose to look for? |
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Aug 12 2006, 03:44 AM
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QUOTE(tic tac. @ Aug 12 2006, 1:07 AM) "You're the apple of my eye." Eyes have apples? What? 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. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Aug 12 2006, 04:05 AM
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QUOTE(Yemmerz @ Aug 12 2006, 4:44 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. Whoa. You learn something new everyday.  I wub you, Yemi. 
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Aug 12 2006, 04:37 AM
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QUOTE(just_rissa @ Aug 11 2006, 10:07 PM) I don't get it either. Do you mean as in ... falling.... or... nvm. ... I don't get it!!i mean, i dont understand old english at all. |
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Aug 12 2006, 11:06 AM
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QUOTE(Yemmerz @ Aug 12 2006, 4:44 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. Nobody ever said it was an apple. It was just described as fruit. QUOTE(Kathleen @ Aug 12 2006, 2:18 AM) HAHAHA. Mehh. I never understood the "Mirror, mirror" line. You mean from Snow White? What's not to get? QUOTE(Libertie @ Aug 12 2006, 1:09 AM) ^I never understood that either. Also, "I'll be there with bells on!" Bells are supposed to be festive. So if you're expressing your excitement to go to a festive event, you'd say, "I'll be there with bells on!" I don't get the "all's fair in love and war" much either. |
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Aug 12 2006, 12:48 PM
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QUOTE(crazeegirl411 @ Aug 12 2006, 1:19 AM) Well, if you're turning the alarm on or setting the sprinklers on...then the other choice for when they ring or spray water is off, right? I don't know, actually. But it kinda makes sense. But when they ring or spray water it's being used and so it's on and then when they stop it's off. Right ? Idunno. |
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Aug 12 2006, 12:57 PM
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QUOTE(T0rmented_Soul @ Aug 12 2006, 2:22 AM) "to be or not to be, that is the question" ...que? huh? lol I don't get this quote either..Ive heard it many times Hamlet is questioning whether he should be alive or not; ie he is contemplating suicide. It's pretty apparent if you read the play. |
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Aug 12 2006, 02:11 PM
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"alls fair in love and war"-everything is fair in love and war which means that to win in love and in war you have to do anything and by any means.. its sort of a machiavelli-ish idea
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get"-- nowadays they have a map of the box telling you what kind of chocolate is in which area/part of the box .. |
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Aug 12 2006, 05:23 PM
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shakespare words, i never understand most of it. -.-
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Aug 12 2006, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE(Jeng @ Aug 12 2006, 3:23 PM) shakespare words, i never understand most of it. -.- exactly. OLD ENGLISH. |
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