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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: defenestrate #141389 04/19/05 05:53 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Yup, well in some cases I don't do Windows either. I converted my old, very slow PC to Linux a month or so ago. I call it "the Unfenestration of Irchester" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter a word for throwing somebody out a door? #141390 04/19/05 06:53 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Divorce. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? #141391 04/19/05 07:06 AM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Detroit, Michigan N numberonealcove stranger numberonealcove stranger N Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3 Detroit, Michigan (to throw) A tub to the whale Seems an odd idiom for "diversion" to us modern, land locked types. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? #141392 04/19/05 11:30 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada (to throw) a tub to the whale Is this a translation from another language? It does sound odd! Welcome to the monkey house, alcove! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? #141393 04/19/05 12:14 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Sounds like it means giving someone in trouble some totally inadequate help. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Late to the party #141394 04/19/05 12:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Of course it's transitive. Cf transom. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Throw a tub to the whale #141395 04/19/05 02:21 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Iain: Welcome to our little bedlam. Can you tell us the context of this phrase? I knew Jonah was pretty fat, but I didn't ever notice that he was called any epithets in the Bible. Though few know of the fate that eventually befell Jonah. He was eaten by a gigantic chicken. And thus we have the phrase "out of the leviathan into the fryer." Sorry. Most of the old timers here have heard that before, but it's one of my favorites. TEd TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Confusing expressions #141396 04/20/05 04:09 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 B beanie stranger beanie stranger B Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24 Or, "it's like getting blood from a turnip." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Confusing expressions #141397 04/21/05 01:17 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky My goodness gracious, beanie--it is GOOD to see you again! It's been way too long! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Confusing expressions #141398 06/08/05 08:44 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16 Oconomowoc, WI, USA B bushmillsneat stranger bushmillsneat stranger B Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16 Oconomowoc, WI, USA Actually, when one stops to think about it, almost all idiomatic expressions are unintelligible when they are read literally. It's a common problem with ESLs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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