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Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Jun 15, 2011
even worse if you get ants in your pants at the same time as your knickers in a twist.
re the handbasket - 
I think I liked my own imaginary meaning better thankyou. 
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jun 15, 2011
There are a few Canadian versions in this lot- A881471
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highamexpat Posted Jun 15, 2011
Don't walk with your hands swinging = don't come to see me without fetching me something.
stepped out to come back = popped out for a minute.
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bobstafford Posted Jun 15, 2011
Stuck out like a Chapel hat peg = promanent
Like a dog in a butchers doorway = dithering on the doorstep
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jun 15, 2011
Knickers in a twist? Its ~Dont get your knickers in a car boot sale~.
In Scots its ~Dont get yer pants in a fankle.~
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bobstafford Posted Jun 15, 2011
Tosspot = heavey drinker dicribes the action of lifting a Tankard and drinking Source The letters of Oliver Cromwell
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jun 15, 2011
Nipples like Scania wheel nuts.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jun 15, 2011
One from The Peoples Republic or Merseyside:
As happy as a dog with three dix. (sorry - they make me spell it that way)
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Jun 15, 2011
"More fun than a barrel of monkeys."
Don't hear that one much anymore.
Possibly because we finally figured out
that a barrel of monkeys isn't as much
fun as it might seem at first.
~jwf~
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Icy North Posted Jun 15, 2011
People seem to be posting similes rather than idioms
"spill the beans" = reveal a secret
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jun 15, 2011
Squiggles - as a Canadian backwoodsman you may well be familiar with the phrase ~Its your turn in the barrel tonight.~
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Eltheza Posted Jun 15, 2011
Unpistevable
!
= unbelievable/incredible (it's a 'Gringlish' joke - Greek/English)
I'm just saying, 'Hi'! I've just signed up
!
(Icy North twisted my arm!)
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Icy North Posted Jun 15, 2011
Hey Eltheza! Welcome!
We have a lot of fun here sometimes, as you can see.
Drop me a message on U225620 if you need any help finding your way around this place!
Icy
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bobstafford Posted Jun 15, 2011
hello Eltheza welcome indeed I hope you like the site and nice to meet you
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Eltheza Posted Jun 15, 2011
Thanks very much!
Much appreciated! I'm doing a fairly time-consuming IT course at the moment, but hope to contribute as and when I can
!
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- 21: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Jun 15, 2011)
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- 25: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jun 15, 2011)
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