General saying here if you got no clue:
Blind antelope
Lets see if someone can figure out the background of that one
Blind antelope
Lets see if someone can figure out the background of that one
Sayings: logical/illogical/translated
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THATS IT! That's a dock leaf!We used "weegbree" and it did work. Or maybe I just believed it worked and therefor it worked
Species Description - Wellesley
I'd completely forgotten what they looked like!
You won't be surprised to hear the Brits decided to make tea with it
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Apparently so is cycling or cycle touring. We met a couple of New Zealand tourers in the UK many years ago and got talking to them. They asked about nettles because they didn't know about them or to avoid them right up until one of them needed a pee and found out the hard way.
I have to say that I love nettle cordial. Sadly I can't get it here and those lovely long 6 foot high nettles that we used to grow in the UK (more a case of trying to tame them) don't happen here. I also miss eating nettles. They make a fantastic bright green bread that's really peppery to taste.
I have to laugh when I see one of my seed catalogues that sells stinging nettle seeds (along with dandelion seeds) for growing your own medicinal herbs...
Nettle seeds
Nettle seed | Urtica dioica - All Rare Herbs, specialist herb nursery
https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/Stinging-Nettle
Here, if someone is generally considered good fun to be around, they would be described as being “a hoot and a half.”
JAS_OH1
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I've heard "she's a real hoot" but not "hoot and a half". But why does someone say "I couldn't give two hoots what she thinks"?
We use: I don't give a flying hoot...
JAS_OH1
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I've heard that one too.
Timenspace
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Unknown word, so will need to google translate...sorry.
In my lexicon that is 'I don't give a flying f.... !' Something I say quite a lot
“Hoot” can be used as a synonym for “laugh,” so someone who is “a hoot and a half” is someone who is very funny and/or very fun to be around.
JAS_OH1
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I think it's just a slang for someone fun, maybe because they're always "hooting" with laughter or make others laugh (hoot)? I dunno.
Edit: sorry TastyReuben I didn't read all the way through before posting.
What a hoot! is a bit upper class in the UK, I think. I can't imagine Liverpool supporters shouting "what a hoot!" when the opposing goalkeeper drops the ball...
JAS_OH1
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I kind of think it's very much NOT upper class in the US, as most people who are reserved and have decorum aren't hooting with laughter, LOL! And they just don't know what they are missing.