One I just came across not three minutes ago, on another forum…larrapin, which is used as: “We just got home from the barbecue joint. I had the three-meat platter. It was larrapin!” - it was extremely good.
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Probably because it rhymes, that's all. I'd agree - the thought of a drunken skunk makes my hair stand on end
JAS_OH1
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What language is that from? LOL!
JAS_OH1
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Yeah, I had a visual of that where the drunken skunk sprayed randomly. Maybe if an old coot gets drunk enough he does the same?Probably because it rhymes, that's all. I'd agree - the thought of a drunken skunk makes my hair stand on end
Which reminds me growing up in the south of the expression, "He was drunker 'n Cooter Brown." I've no idea who Cooter Brown was, but apparently he must have been the drunkest person in the south. I think I am going to have to go down the Google rabbit hole on that one...
Edit: Oh boy, this is a good one. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/phrase-drunk-as-cooter-brown.html
Apparently, it’s from West Texas & Oklahoma.
JAS_OH1
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I just texted my nephew's wife. She was born and raised in Oklahoma.Apparently, it’s from West Texas & Oklahoma.
Nope, she's never heard of it!
JAS_OH1
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I just googled and saw that.
Edit: I texted her the correction and she said it must be from rural areas...
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Well, that goes without saying!
JAS_OH1
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Yeah, she's from Oklahoma City and has a very neutral accent. I think her grandpa was a redneck though, but he died a few years back. She had said he was quite a racist, so he would be rolling in his grave that his only son is marrying a gal from the Philippines...we all like his fiancee quite well.Well, that goes without saying!
badjak
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Ah, but they are making a mountain out of a molehill..
(From Dutch) Making a big issue out of something minor.
And to stay with mountains
Montagne de merde
(sort of literal French from "heaps of shit)
(From Dutch) Making a big issue out of something minor.
And to stay with mountains
Montagne de merde
(sort of literal French from "heaps of shit)
JAS_OH1
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Yup, I have heard "making a mountain out of a molehill" many times. Not familiar with the second, LOL.
Timenspace
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We use: Making an elephant out of a fly. For the same thought/rhetoric.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
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Grasp the nettle - to get on and do something you don’t really want to.
The Cambridge dictionary says -
“..to force yourself to be brave and do something that is difficult or unpleasant: You've been putting off making that phone call for days - I think it's about time you grasped the nettle!”
The Cambridge dictionary says -
“..to force yourself to be brave and do something that is difficult or unpleasant: You've been putting off making that phone call for days - I think it's about time you grasped the nettle!”
Timenspace
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Maybe along the lines of " Grab the bull by his horns"?