http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11067 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:16:22 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11067 I constantly find situations where people "don't have their oars in the water"! I just love the imagery of that. I constantly find situations where people “don’t have their oars in the water”! I just love the imagery of that.

]]> http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11064 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:17:20 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11064 In this weeks New Yorker, Calvin Trillin writes http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050905fa_fact "...the Spanish equivalent of “You’re pulling my leg” is “You’re taking my hair”—one of my teachers told me of some demonstrators who, as a symbol of not wanting to be lied to by the government anymore, appeared in front of a government building with shaved heads—or that Ecuadorans who want to leave well enough alone say that they don’t want to look for the fifth paw of the cat." In this weeks New Yorker, Calvin Trillin writes
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050905fa_fact
“…the Spanish equivalent of “You’re pulling my leg” is “You’re taking my hair”—one of my teachers told me of some demonstrators who, as a symbol of not wanting to be lied to by the government anymore, appeared in front of a government building with shaved heads—or that Ecuadorans who want to leave well enough alone say that they don’t want to look for the fifth paw of the cat.”

]]> http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11063 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:05:49 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2005/08/30/idioms-idolatry/#comment-11063 I tend to favor the ones that don’t actually make sense when you stop to think about them… “Cute as a Button” and “Happy as a Clam” spring to mind. I’ve always found kittens to be much cuter than buttons and how does one measure the relative mood of the average clam anyway? I tend to favor the ones that don’t actually make sense when you stop to think about them… “Cute as a Button” and “Happy as a Clam” spring to mind. I’ve always found kittens to be much cuter than buttons and how does one measure the relative mood of the average clam anyway?

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